Control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer

ABSTRACT

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may support control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer. For example, a wireless node (e.g., a repeater) may receive control signaling including an indication of one or more configurations for relaying signals associated with multiple signal types between one or more transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes. In some cases, the multiple signal types may include a first signal type associated with an information communications signal and a second signal type associated with an energy transfer signal. Additionally, the wireless node may receive one or more signals of the first signal type, the second signal type, or both, and relay at least a subset of the one or more signals according to the one or more configurations.

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

The following relates to wireless communications, including controlsignaling for repeaters with energy transfer.

BACKGROUND

Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide varioustypes of communication content such as voice, video, packet data,messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable ofsupporting communication with multiple users by sharing the availablesystem resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of suchmultiple-access systems include fourth generation (4G) systems such asLong Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, orLTE-A Pro systems, and fifth generation (5G) systems which may bereferred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employtechnologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA), time divisionmultiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA),orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA), or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonalfrequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple-accesscommunications system may include one or more base stations, eachsupporting wireless communication for communication devices, which maybe known as user equipment (UE).

SUMMARY

The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices,and apparatuses that support control signaling for repeaters with energytransfer. Generally, the techniques described herein enable a wirelessnode, such as a relay or a repeater, to relay signals associated withmultiple signal types, including information communications signals(e.g., wireless communications signals, backscatter modulatedinformation signals, or both) and energy transfer signals, according toone or more configurations. For example, a wireless node may receive,from a network entity, control signaling including an indication of oneor more configurations for relaying signals associated with multiplesignal types between one or more transmitting nodes and one or morereceiving nodes. In some cases, the multiple signal types may include afirst signal type associated with an information communications signaland a second signal type associated with an energy transfer signal.Additionally, the wireless node may receive one or more signals of thefirst signal type, the second signal type, or both, and may relay atleast a subset of the one or more signals according to the one or moreconfigurations.

In some cases, the one or more configurations may include one or moretransmission parameters for relaying the one or more signals of thefirst signal type, the second signal type, or both. For example, the oneor more transmission parameters may include one or more beam indicesassociated with each signal type, one or more transmit powers associatedwith each signal type, one or more sets of time and frequency resourcesassociated with each signal type, a set priority values associated witheach signal type, or any combination thereof. Additionally, oralternatively, the one or more configurations may include one or moretransmit power priority rules, a transmission priority rule, or both,associated with the set of priority values.

A method for wireless communications at a wireless node is described.The method may include receiving control signaling including anindication of one or more configurations for relaying signals associatedwith a set of multiple signal types between one or more transmittingnodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signaltypes includes at least a first signal type associated with aninformation communications signal and a second signal type associatedwith an energy transfer signal, receiving one or more signals of thefirst signal type, of the second signal type, or both, and relaying atleast a subset of the one or more signals of the first signal type, ofthe second signal type, or both, according to the one or moreconfigurations.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless node isdescribed. The apparatus may include a processor, memory coupled withthe processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructionsmay be executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to receivecontrol signaling including an indication of one or more configurationsfor relaying signals associated with a set of multiple signal typesbetween one or more transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes,where the set of multiple signal types includes at least a first signaltype associated with an information communications signal and a secondsignal type associated with an energy transfer signal, receive one ormore signals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, orboth, and relay at least a subset of the one or more signals of thefirst signal type, of the second signal type, or both, according to theone or more configurations.

Another apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless node isdescribed. The apparatus may include means for receiving controlsignaling including an indication of one or more configurations forrelaying signals associated with a set of multiple signal types betweenone or more transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, wherethe set of multiple signal types includes at least a first signal typeassociated with an information communications signal and a second signaltype associated with an energy transfer signal, means for receiving oneor more signals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, orboth, and means for relaying at least a subset of the one or moresignals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, or both,according to the one or more configurations.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wirelesscommunications at a wireless node is described. The code may includeinstructions executable by a processor to receive control signalingincluding an indication of one or more configurations for relayingsignals associated with a set of multiple signal types between one ormore transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the setof multiple signal types includes at least a first signal typeassociated with an information communications signal and a second signaltype associated with an energy transfer signal, receive one or moresignals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, or both,and relay at least a subset of the one or more signals of the firstsignal type, of the second signal type, or both, according to the one ormore configurations.

Some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein may further includeoperations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting acapability message indicating a capability of the wireless node tosupport relaying of energy transfer signaling, where the one or moreconfigurations may be based on the capability message.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, receiving the controlsignaling may include operations, features, means, or instructions forreceiving an indication of one or more transmission parameters forrelaying the at least the subset of the one or more signals of the firstsignal type, of the second signal type, or both.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, receiving the indication ofthe one or more transmission parameters may include operations,features, means, or instructions for receiving an indication of one ormore beam indices, where the one or more beam indices include at least afirst beam index associated with the first signal type and a second beamindex associated with the second signal type, and where the one or moretransmission parameters includes the one or more beam indices.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, receiving the indication ofthe one or more transmission parameters may include operations,features, means, or instructions for receiving an indication of one ormore transmit powers, where the one or more transmit powers includes atleast a first transmit power associated with the first signal type and asecond transmit power associated with the second signal type, and wherethe one or more transmission parameters include the one or more transmitpowers.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, receiving the indication ofthe one or more transmission parameters may include operations,features, means, or instructions for receiving an indication of one ormore sets of time and frequency resources, where the one or more sets oftime and frequency resources includes at least a first set of time andfrequency resources associated with the first signal type and a secondset of time and frequency resources associated with the second signaltype, and where the one or more transmission parameters include the oneor more sets of time and frequency resources.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, the one or moreconfigurations indicate a frequency division multiplexing configurationfor transmitting the set of multiple signal types and a starting andlength indicator value associated with the first set of time andfrequency resources may be based on a starting and length indicatorvalue associated with the second set of time and frequency resources.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, the one or moreconfigurations indicate a time division multiplexing configuration fortransmitting the set of multiple signal types, a duration between thefirst set of time and frequency resources and the second set of time andfrequency resources satisfies a threshold duration, and the thresholdduration may be based on a beam switching capability of the wirelessnode.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, receiving the indication ofthe one or more transmission parameters may include operations,features, means, or instructions for receiving a set of priority valuesassociated with the set of multiple signal types, where the set ofpriority values includes at least a first priority value associated withthe first signal type and a second priority value associated with thesecond signal type, and where the one or more transmission parametersincludes the set of priority values.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, receiving the indication ofthe one or more configurations may include operations, features, means,or instructions for receiving an indication of one or more transmitpower priority rules associated with the set of priority values, wherethe one or more configurations includes the one or more transmit powerpriority rules.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, a first transmit powerpriority rule of the one or more transmit power priority rules indicatesfor the wireless node to reduce a transmission power of one or moresignals of a signal type associated with a lowest priority value out ofthe set of priority values associated with the set of multiple signaltypes.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, a first transmit powerpriority rule of the one or more transmit power priority rules indicatesfor the wireless node to reduce a transmission power of each signal of aset of signals and priority values associated each signal type of theset of signals may be equal.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, receiving the indication ofthe one or more configurations may include operations, features, means,or instructions for receiving an indication of a transmission priorityrule associated with the set of priority values, where the transmissionpriority rule indicates for the wireless node to drop one or moresignals of a signal type associated with a lowest priority value out ofthe set of priority values associated with the set of multiple signaltypes, and where the one or more configurations includes thetransmission priority rule.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, the first signal type furtherincludes a first information communications signal associated withwireless communications between a network entity and a UE and a secondinformation communications signal associated with backscatter modulatedinformation signaling from a passively powered device.

A method for wireless communications at a network entity is described.The method may include transmitting control signaling including anindication of one or more configurations for relaying signals associatedwith a set of multiple signal types between one or more transmittingnodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signaltypes includes at least a first signal type associated with aninformation communications signal and a second signal type associatedwith an energy signal and communicating with a wireless node based onthe one or more configurations.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a network entity isdescribed. The apparatus may include a processor, memory coupled withthe processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructionsmay be executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to transmitcontrol signaling including an indication of one or more configurationsfor relaying signals associated with a set of multiple signal typesbetween one or more transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes,where the set of multiple signal types includes at least a first signaltype associated with an information communications signal and a secondsignal type associated with an energy signal and communicate with awireless node based on the one or more configurations.

Another apparatus for wireless communications at a network entity isdescribed. The apparatus may include means for transmitting controlsignaling including an indication of one or more configurations forrelaying signals associated with a set of multiple signal types betweenone or more transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, wherethe set of multiple signal types includes at least a first signal typeassociated with an information communications signal and a second signaltype associated with an energy signal and means for communicating with awireless node based on the one or more configurations.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wirelesscommunications at a network entity is described. The code may includeinstructions executable by a processor to transmit control signalingincluding an indication of one or more configurations for relayingsignals associated with a set of multiple signal types between one ormore transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the setof multiple signal types includes at least a first signal typeassociated with an information communications signal and a second signaltype associated with an energy signal and communicate with a wirelessnode based on the one or more configurations.

Some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein may further includeoperations, features, means, or instructions for receiving a capabilitymessage indicating a capability of the wireless node to support relayingof energy transfer signaling, where the one or more configurations maybe based on the capability message.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, transmitting the controlsignaling may include operations, features, means, or instructions fortransmitting an indication of one or more transmission parameters forrelaying the signals associated with the set of multiple signal types.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, transmitting the indicationof the one or more transmission parameters may include operations,features, means, or instructions for transmitting an indication of oneor more beam indices, where the one or more beam indices includes atleast a first beam index associated with the first signal type and asecond beam index associated with the second signal type, and where theone or more transmission parameters includes the one or more beamindices.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, transmitting the indicationof the one or more transmission parameters may include operations,features, means, or instructions for transmitting an indication of oneor more transmit powers, where the one or more transmit powers includesat least a first transmit power associated with the first signal typeand a second transmit power associated with the second signal type andwhere the one or more transmission parameters includes the one or moretransmit powers.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, transmitting the indicationof the one or more transmission parameters may include operations,features, means, or instructions for transmitting an indication of oneor more sets of time and frequency resources, where the one or more setsof time and frequency resources includes at least a first set of timeand frequency resources associated with the first signal type and asecond set of time and frequency resources associated with the secondsignal type, and where the one or more transmission parameters includethe one or more sets of time and frequency resources.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, the one or moreconfigurations indicate a frequency division multiplexing configurationfor transmitting the set of multiple signal types and a starting andlength indicator value associated with the first set of time andfrequency resources may be based on a starting and length indicatorvalue associated with the second set of time and frequency resources.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, the one or moreconfigurations indicate a time division multiplexing configuration fortransmitting the set of multiple signal types, a duration between thefirst set of time and frequency resources and the second set of time andfrequency resources satisfies a threshold duration and, and thethreshold duration may be based on a beam switching capability of thewireless node.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, transmitting the indicationof the one or more transmission parameters may include operations,features, means, or instructions for transmitting a set of priorityvalues associated with the set of multiple signal types, where the setof priority values includes at least a first priority value associatedwith the first signal type and a second priority value associated withthe second signal type and where the one or more transmission parametersincludes the set of priority values.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, transmitting the indicationof the one or more configurations may include operations, features,means, or instructions for transmitting an indication of one or moretransmit power priority rules associated with the set of priorityvalues, where the one or more configurations includes the one or moretransmit power priority rules.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, a first transmit powerpriority rule of the one or more transmit power priority rules indicatesfor the wireless node to reduce a transmission power of one or moresignals of a signal type associated with a lowest priority value out ofthe set of priority values associated with the set of multiple signaltypes.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, a first transmit powerpriority rule of the one or more transmit power priority rules indicatesfor the wireless node to reduce a transmission power of each signal of aset of signals and priority values associated each signal type of theset of signals may be equal.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, receiving the indication ofthe one or more configurations may include operations, features, means,or instructions for transmitting an indication of a transmissionpriority rule associated with the set of priority values, where thetransmission priority rule indicates for the wireless node to drop oneor more signals of a signal type associated with a lowest priority valueout of the set of priority values associated with the set of multiplesignal types, and where the one or more configurations includes thetransmission priority rule.

In some examples of the method, apparatuses, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described herein, the first signal type furtherincludes a first information communications signal associated withwireless communications between the network entity and a UE and a secondinformation communications signal associated with backscatter modulatedinformation signaling from a passively powered device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system thatsupports control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer inaccordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system thatsupports control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer inaccordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3A, 3B, and 3C each illustrate an example of a multiplexingcommunication scheme that supports control signaling for repeaters withenergy transfer in accordance with one or more aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a process flow that supports controlsignaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance with one ormore aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show block diagrams of devices that support controlsignaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance with one ormore aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a communications manager that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system including a device that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show block diagrams of devices that support controlsignaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance with one ormore aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 shows a block diagram of a communications manager that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 shows a diagram of a system including a device that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 13 through 16 show flowcharts illustrating methods that supportcontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Some wireless communications systems may support passive internet ofthings (PIoT) devices, such as radio frequency identification (RFID)tags. For example, a first wireless device, such as a network entity,may transmit an energy signal to a second wireless device, such as aPIoT device, and the PIoT device may reflect an information-bearingsignal (e.g., a backscatter modulated information signal) back to thenetwork entity, which the network entity may decode. However, PIoTdevices may support a relatively short range (e.g., as compared to othertransmission protocols) and reflections by multi-path communications mayfurther reduce the range due to fading of the energy signal. As such, anassisting node (e.g., a smart repeater), which may also be referred toas a wireless node, may be used to direct an energy signal to a PIoTdevice, convey the information-bearing signaling from one PIoT device toanother PIoT device, or both. However, current assisting nodeconfigurations may not support repeating energy signals in addition toinformation-carrying signals, such as backscatter modulated informationsignals (e.g., PIoT communication signals) or wireless communicationssignals (e.g., new radio (NR) signals or other similar wirelesscommunications signals).

Techniques described herein may enable a wireless node, such as anassisting node, to relay signals associated with multiple signal types,including information-carrying signals, which may be referred to asinformation communications signals, and energy signals, which may bereferred to as energy transfer signals. For example, a network entitymay transmit control signaling configuring a wireless node to relaysignals associated with multiple signal types, including at least afirst signal type associated with an information communication signaland a second signal type associated with an energy transfer signal. Insome cases, the configuration may indicate one or more transmissionparameters including a beam index for each signal type, a transmit powerfor each signal type, time and frequency resources for each signal type,a priority value for each signal type, or any combination thereof.Additionally, or alternatively, the configuration may include one ormore transmit power priority rules, one or more transmission priorityrules, or both. For example, the wireless node may apply the one or moretransmit power priority rules, the one or more transmission priorityrules, or both, to a set of signals to be relayed by the wireless nodewhen capabilities of the wireless node are exceeded based on the one ormore transmission parameters associated with the set of signals.

Aspects of the disclosure are initially described in the context ofwireless communications systems. Aspects of the disclosure are thendescribed in the context of multiplexing communication schemes and aprocess flow. Aspects of the disclosure are further illustrated by anddescribed with reference to apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, andflowcharts that relate to control signaling for repeaters with energytransfer.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 100that supports control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer inaccordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Thewireless communications system 100 may include one or more networkentities 105, one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In someexamples, the wireless communications system 100 may be a Long TermEvolution (LTE) network, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, an LTE-A Pronetwork, a New Radio (NR) network, or a network operating in accordancewith other systems and radio technologies, including future systems andradio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

The network entities 105 may be dispersed throughout a geographic areato form the wireless communications system 100 and may include devicesin different forms or having different capabilities. In variousexamples, a network entity 105 may be referred to as a network element,a mobility element, a radio access network (RAN) node, or networkequipment, among other nomenclature. In some examples, network entities105 and UEs 115 may wirelessly communicate via one or more communicationlinks 125 (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) access link). For example, anetwork entity 105 may support a coverage area 110 (e.g., a geographiccoverage area) over which the UEs 115 and the network entity 105 mayestablish one or more communication links 125. The coverage area 110 maybe an example of a geographic area over which a network entity 105 and aUE 115 may support the communication of signals according to one or moreradio access technologies (RATs).

The UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout a coverage area 110 of thewireless communications system 100, and each UE 115 may be stationary,or mobile, or both at different times. The UEs 115 may be devices indifferent forms or having different capabilities. Some example UEs 115are illustrated in FIG. 1 . The UEs 115 described herein may be capableof supporting communications with various types of devices, such asother UEs 115 or network entities 105, as shown in FIG. 1 .

As described herein, a node of the wireless communications system 100,which may be referred to as a network node, or a wireless node, may be anetwork entity 105 (e.g., any network entity described herein), a UE 115(e.g., any UE described herein), a network controller, an apparatus, adevice, a computing system, one or more components, or another suitableprocessing entity configured to perform any of the techniques describedherein. For example, a node may be a UE 115. As another example, a nodemay be a network entity 105. As another example, a first node may beconfigured to communicate with a second node or a third node. In oneaspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second nodemay be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a UE 115. Inanother aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, thesecond node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be anetwork entity 105. In yet other aspects of this example, the first,second, and third nodes may be different relative to these examples.Similarly, reference to a UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device,computing system, or the like may include disclosure of the UE 115,network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the likebeing a node. For example, disclosure that a UE 115 is configured toreceive information from a network entity 105 also discloses that afirst node is configured to receive information from a second node.

In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with the corenetwork 130, or with one another, or both. For example, network entities105 may communicate with the core network 130 via one or more backhaulcommunication links 120 (e.g., in accordance with an S1, N2, N3, orother interface protocol). In some examples, network entities 105 maycommunicate with one another via a backhaul communication link 120(e.g., in accordance with an X2, Xn, or other interface protocol) eitherdirectly (e.g., directly between network entities 105) or indirectly(e.g., via a core network 130). In some examples, network entities 105may communicate with one another via a midhaul communication link 162(e.g., in accordance with a midhaul interface protocol) or a fronthaulcommunication link 168 (e.g., in accordance with a fronthaul interfaceprotocol), or any combination thereof. The backhaul communication links120, midhaul communication links 162, or fronthaul communication links168 may be or include one or more wired links (e.g., an electrical link,an optical fiber link), one or more wireless links (e.g., a radio link,a wireless optical link), among other examples or various combinationsthereof. A UE 115 may communicate with the core network 130 via acommunication link 155.

One or more of the network entities 105 described herein may include ormay be referred to as a base station 140 (e.g., a base transceiverstation, a radio base station, an NR base station, an access point, aradio transceiver, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB), a next-generation NodeB ora giga-NodeB (either of which may be referred to as a gNB), a 5G NB, anext-generation eNB (ng-eNB), a Home NodeB, a Home eNodeB, or othersuitable terminology). In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., abase station 140) may be implemented in an aggregated (e.g., monolithic,standalone) base station architecture, which may be configured toutilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically integratedwithin a single network entity 105 (e.g., a single RAN node, such as abase station 140).

In some examples, a network entity 105 may be implemented in adisaggregated architecture (e.g., a disaggregated base stationarchitecture, a disaggregated RAN architecture), which may be configuredto utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributedamong two or more network entities 105, such as an integrated accessbackhaul (IAB) network, an open RAN (O-RAN) (e.g., a networkconfiguration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance), or a virtualized RAN(vRAN) (e.g., a cloud RAN (C-RAN)). For example, a network entity 105may include one or more of a central unit (CU) 160, a distributed unit(DU) 165, a radio unit (RU) 170, a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) 175(e.g., a Near-Real Time RIC (Near-RT RIC), a Non-Real Time RIC (Non-RTRIC)), a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) 180 system, or anycombination thereof. An RU 170 may also be referred to as a radio head,a smart radio head, a remote radio head (RRH), a remote radio unit(RRU), or a transmission reception point (TRP). One or more componentsof the network entities 105 in a disaggregated RAN architecture may beco-located, or one or more components of the network entities 105 may belocated in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations). Insome examples, one or more network entities 105 of a disaggregated RANarchitecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., a virtual CU(VCU), a virtual DU (VDU), a virtual RU (VRU)).

The split of functionality between a CU 160, a DU 165, and an RU 170 isflexible and may support different functionalities depending upon whichfunctions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions,baseband functions, RF functions, and any combinations thereof) areperformed at a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170. For example, a functionalsplit of a protocol stack may be employed between a CU 160 and a DU 165such that the CU 160 may support one or more layers of the protocolstack and the DU 165 may support one or more different layers of theprotocol stack. In some examples, the CU 160 may host upper protocollayer (e.g., layer 3 (L3), layer 2 (L2)) functionality and signaling(e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC), service data adaption protocol(SDAP), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)). The CU 160 may beconnected to one or more DUs 165 or RUs 170, and the one or more DUs 165or RUs 170 may host lower protocol layers, such as layer 1 (L1) (e.g.,physical (PHY) layer) or L2 (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer,medium access control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and mayeach be at least partially controlled by the CU 160. Additionally, oralternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack may be employedbetween a DU 165 and an RU 170 such that the DU 165 may support one ormore layers of the protocol stack and the RU 170 may support one or moredifferent layers of the protocol stack. The DU 165 may support one ormultiple different cells (e.g., via one or more RUs 170). In some cases,a functional split between a CU 160 and a DU 165, or between a DU 165and an RU 170 may be within a protocol layer (e.g., some functions for aprotocol layer may be performed by one of a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU170, while other functions of the protocol layer are performed by adifferent one of the CU 160, the DU 165, or the RU 170). A CU 160 may befunctionally split further into CU control plane (CU-CP) and CU userplane (CU-UP) functions. A CU 160 may be connected to one or more DUs165 via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., F1, F1-c, F1-u), and aDU 165 may be connected to one or more RUs 170 via a fronthaulcommunication link 168 (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface). In someexamples, a midhaul communication link 162 or a fronthaul communicationlink 168 may be implemented in accordance with an interface (e.g., achannel) between layers of a protocol stack supported by respectivenetwork entities 105 that are in communication via such communicationlinks.

In wireless communications systems (e.g., wireless communications system100), infrastructure and spectral resources for radio access may supportwireless backhaul link capabilities to supplement wired backhaulconnections, providing an IAB network architecture (e.g., to a corenetwork 130). In some cases, in an IAB network, one or more networkentities 105 (e.g., IAB nodes 104) may be partially controlled by eachother. One or more IAB nodes 104 may be referred to as a donor entity oran IAB donor. One or more DUs 165 or one or more RUs 170 may bepartially controlled by one or more CUs 160 associated with a donornetwork entity 105 (e.g., a donor base station 140). The one or moredonor network entities 105 (e.g., IAB donors) may be in communicationwith one or more additional network entities 105 (e.g., IAB nodes 104)via supported access and backhaul links (e.g., backhaul communicationlinks 120). IAB nodes 104 may include an IAB mobile termination (IAB-MT)controlled (e.g., scheduled) by DUs 165 of a coupled IAB donor. AnIAB-MT may include an independent set of antennas for relay ofcommunications with UEs 115, or may share the same antennas (e.g., of anRU 170) of an IAB node 104 used for access via the DU 165 of the IABnode 104 (e.g., referred to as virtual IAB-MT (vIAB-MT)). In someexamples, the IAB nodes 104 may include DUs 165 that supportcommunication links with additional entities (e.g., IAB nodes 104, UEs115) within the relay chain or configuration of the access network(e.g., downstream). In such cases, one or more components of thedisaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., one or more IAB nodes 104 orcomponents of IAB nodes 104) may be configured to operate according tothe techniques described herein.

In the case of the techniques described herein applied in the context ofa disaggregated RAN architecture, one or more components of thedisaggregated RAN architecture may be configured to support controlsignaling for repeaters with energy transfer as described herein. Forexample, some operations described as being performed by a UE 115 or anetwork entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may additionally, oralternatively, be performed by one or more components of thedisaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., IAB nodes 104, DUs 165, CUs 160,RUs 170, RIC 175, SMO 180).

A UE 115 may include or may be referred to as a mobile device, awireless device, a remote device, a handheld device, or a subscriberdevice, or some other suitable terminology, where the “device” may alsobe referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, amongother examples. A UE 115 may also include or may be referred to as apersonal electronic device such as a cellular phone, a personal digitalassistant (PDA), a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or a personalcomputer. In some examples, a UE 115 may include or be referred to as awireless local loop (WLL) station, an Internet of Things (IoT) device,an Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or a machine type communications(MTC) device, among other examples, which may be implemented in variousobjects such as appliances, or vehicles, meters, among other examples.

The UEs 115 described herein may be able to communicate with varioustypes of devices, such as other UEs 115 that may sometimes act as relaysas well as the network entities 105 and the network equipment includingmacro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations,among other examples, as shown in FIG. 1 .

The UEs 115 and the network entities 105 may wirelessly communicate withone another via one or more communication links 125 (e.g., an accesslink) using resources associated with one or more carriers. The term“carrier” may refer to a set of RF spectrum resources having a definedphysical layer structure for supporting the communication links 125. Forexample, a carrier used for a communication link 125 may include aportion of a RF spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth part (BWP)) that isoperated according to one or more physical layer channels for a givenradio access technology (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR). Each physicallayer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronizationsignals, system information), control signaling that coordinatesoperation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. The wirelesscommunications system 100 may support communication with a UE 115 usingcarrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. A UE 115 may beconfigured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or moreuplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregationconfiguration. Carrier aggregation may be used with both frequencydivision duplexing (FDD) and time division duplexing (TDD) componentcarriers. Communication between a network entity 105 and other devicesmay refer to communication between the devices and any portion (e.g.,entity, sub-entity) of a network entity 105. For example, the terms“transmitting,” “receiving,” or “communicating,” when referring to anetwork entity 105, may refer to any portion of a network entity 105(e.g., a base station 140, a CU 160, a DU 165, a RU 170) of a RANcommunicating with another device (e.g., directly or via one or moreother network entities 105).

Signal waveforms transmitted via a carrier may be made up of multiplesubcarriers (e.g., using multi-carrier modulation (MCM) techniques suchas orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fouriertransform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM)). In a system employing MCMtechniques, a resource element may refer to resources of one symbolperiod (e.g., a duration of one modulation symbol) and one subcarrier,in which case the symbol period and subcarrier spacing may be inverselyrelated. The quantity of bits carried by each resource element maydepend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulationscheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both), such that arelatively higher quantity of resource elements (e.g., in a transmissionduration) and a relatively higher order of a modulation scheme maycorrespond to a relatively higher rate of communication. A wirelesscommunications resource may refer to a combination of an RF spectrumresource, a time resource, and a spatial resource (e.g., a spatiallayer, a beam), and the use of multiple spatial resources may increasethe data rate or data integrity for communications with a UE 115.

The time intervals for the network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may beexpressed in multiples of a basic time unit which may, for example,refer to a sampling period of T_(s)=1/(Δf_(max)·N_(f)) seconds, forwhich Δf_(max) may represent a supported subcarrier spacing, and N_(f)may represent a supported discrete Fourier transform (DFT) size. Timeintervals of a communications resource may be organized according toradio frames each having a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds(ms)). Each radio frame may be identified by a system frame number (SFN)(e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023).

Each frame may include multiple consecutively-numbered subframes orslots, and each subframe or slot may have the same duration. In someexamples, a frame may be divided (e.g., in the time domain) intosubframes, and each subframe may be further divided into a quantity ofslots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable quantity ofslots, and the quantity of slots may depend on subcarrier spacing. Eachslot may include a quantity of symbol periods (e.g., depending on thelength of the cyclic prefix prepended to each symbol period). In somewireless communications systems 100, a slot may further be divided intomultiple mini-slots associated with one or more symbols. Excluding thecyclic prefix, each symbol period may be associated with one or more(e.g., N_(f)) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period maydepend on the subcarrier spacing or frequency band of operation.

A subframe, a slot, a mini-slot, or a symbol may be the smallestscheduling unit (e.g., in the time domain) of the wirelesscommunications system 100 and may be referred to as a transmission timeinterval (TTI). In some examples, the TTI duration (e.g., a quantity ofsymbol periods in a TTI) may be variable. Additionally, oralternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wirelesscommunications system 100 may be dynamically selected (e.g., in burstsof shortened TTIs (sTTIs)).

Physical channels may be multiplexed for communication using a carrieraccording to various techniques. A physical control channel and aphysical data channel may be multiplexed for signaling via a downlinkcarrier, for example, using one or more of time division multiplexing(TDM) techniques, frequency division multiplexing (FDM) techniques, orhybrid TDM-FDM techniques. A control region (e.g., a control resourceset (CORESET)) for a physical control channel may be defined by a set ofsymbol periods and may extend across the system bandwidth or a subset ofthe system bandwidth of the carrier. One or more control regions (e.g.,CORESETs) may be configured for a set of the UEs 115. For example, oneor more of the UEs 115 may monitor or search control regions for controlinformation according to one or more search space sets, and each searchspace set may include one or multiple control channel candidates in oneor more aggregation levels arranged in a cascaded manner. An aggregationlevel for a control channel candidate may refer to an amount of controlchannel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs)) associatedwith encoded information for a control information format having a givenpayload size. Search space sets may include common search space setsconfigured for sending control information to multiple UEs 115 andUE-specific search space sets for sending control information to aspecific UE 115.

In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU170) may be movable and therefore provide communication coverage for amoving coverage area 110. In some examples, different coverage areas 110associated with different technologies may overlap, but the differentcoverage areas 110 may be supported by the same network entity 105. Insome other examples, the overlapping coverage areas 110 associated withdifferent technologies may be supported by different network entities105. The wireless communications system 100 may include, for example, aheterogeneous network in which different types of the network entities105 provide coverage for various coverage areas 110 using the same ordifferent radio access technologies.

The wireless communications system 100 may be configured to supportultra-reliable communications or low-latency communications, or variouscombinations thereof. For example, the wireless communications system100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latencycommunications (URLLC). The UEs 115 may be designed to supportultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions. Ultra-reliablecommunications may include private communication or group communicationand may be supported by one or more services such as push-to-talk,video, or data. Support for ultra-reliable, low-latency functions mayinclude prioritization of services, and such services may be used forpublic safety or general commercial applications. The termsultra-reliable, low-latency, and ultra-reliable low-latency may be usedinterchangeably herein.

In some examples, a UE 115 may be configured to support communicatingdirectly with other UEs 115 via a device-to-device (D2D) communicationlink 135 (e.g., in accordance with a peer-to-peer (P2P), D2D, orsidelink protocol). In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of a groupthat are performing D2D communications may be within the coverage area110 of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170), whichmay support aspects of such D2D communications being configured by(e.g., scheduled by) the network entity 105. In some examples, one ormore UEs 115 of such a group may be outside the coverage area 110 of anetwork entity 105 or may be otherwise unable to or not configured toreceive transmissions from a network entity 105. In some examples,groups of the UEs 115 communicating via D2D communications may support aone-to-many (1:M) system in which each UE 115 transmits to each of theother UEs 115 in the group. In some examples, a network entity 105 mayfacilitate the scheduling of resources for D2D communications. In someother examples, D2D communications may be carried out between the UEs115 without an involvement of a network entity 105.

The core network 130 may provide user authentication, accessauthorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and otheraccess, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 130 may be anevolved packet core (EPC) or 5G core (5GC), which may include at leastone control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., amobility management entity (MME), an access and mobility managementfunction (AMF)) and at least one user plane entity that routes packetsor interconnects to external networks (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW), aPacket Data Network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), or a user plane function(UPF)). The control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS)functions such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management forthe UEs 115 served by the network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140)associated with the core network 130. User IP packets may be transferredthrough the user plane entity, which may provide IP address allocationas well as other functions. The user plane entity may be connected to IPservices 150 for one or more network operators. The IP services 150 mayinclude access to the Internet, Intranet(s), an IP Multimedia Subsystem(IMS), or a Packet-Switched Streaming Service.

The wireless communications system 100 may operate using one or morefrequency bands, which may be in the range of 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300gigahertz (GHz). Generally, the region from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is known asthe ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because thewavelengths range from approximately one decimeter to one meter inlength. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings andenvironmental features, which may be referred to as clusters, but thewaves may penetrate structures sufficiently for a macro cell to provideservice to the UEs 115 located indoors. Communications using UHF wavesmay be associated with smaller antennas and shorter ranges (e.g., lessthan 100 kilometers) compared to communications using the smallerfrequencies and longer waves of the high frequency (HF) or very highfrequency (VHF) portion of the spectrum below 300 MHz.

The wireless communications system 100 may utilize both licensed andunlicensed RF spectrum bands. For example, the wireless communicationssystem 100 may employ License Assisted Access (LAA), LTE-Unlicensed(LTE-U) radio access technology, or NR technology using an unlicensedband such as the 5 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band.While operating using unlicensed RF spectrum bands, devices such as thenetwork entities 105 and the UEs 115 may employ carrier sensing forcollision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operations usingunlicensed bands may be based on a carrier aggregation configuration inconjunction with component carriers operating using a licensed band(e.g., LAA). Operations using unlicensed spectrum may include downlinktransmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2Dtransmissions, among other examples.

A network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) or a UE 115may be equipped with multiple antennas, which may be used to employtechniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) communications, or beamforming. The antennas of anetwork entity 105 or a UE 115 may be located within one or more antennaarrays or antenna panels, which may support MIMO operations or transmitor receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennasor antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly, such as anantenna tower. In some examples, antennas or antenna arrays associatedwith a network entity 105 may be located at diverse geographiclocations. A network entity 105 may include an antenna array with a setof rows and columns of antenna ports that the network entity 105 may useto support beamforming of communications with a UE 115. Likewise, a UE115 may include one or more antenna arrays that may support various MIMOor beamforming operations. Additionally, or alternatively, an antennapanel may support RF beamforming for a signal transmitted via an antennaport.

The network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may use MIMO communications toexploit multipath signal propagation and increase spectral efficiency bytransmitting or receiving multiple signals via different spatial layers.Such techniques may be referred to as spatial multiplexing. The multiplesignals may, for example, be transmitted by the transmitting device viadifferent antennas or different combinations of antennas. Likewise, themultiple signals may be received by the receiving device via differentantennas or different combinations of antennas. Each of the multiplesignals may be referred to as a separate spatial stream and may carryinformation associated with the same data stream (e.g., the samecodeword) or different data streams (e.g., different codewords).Different spatial layers may be associated with different antenna portsused for channel measurement and reporting. MIMO techniques includesingle-user MIMO (SU-MIMO), for which multiple spatial layers aretransmitted to the same receiving device, and multiple-user MIMO(MU-MIMO), for which multiple spatial layers are transmitted to multipledevices.

Beamforming, which may also be referred to as spatial filtering,directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signalprocessing technique that may be used at a transmitting device or areceiving device (e.g., a network entity 105, a UE 115) to shape orsteer an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along aspatial path between the transmitting device and the receiving device.Beamforming may be achieved by combining the signals communicated viaantenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagatingalong particular orientations with respect to an antenna arrayexperience constructive interference while others experience destructiveinterference. The adjustment of signals communicated via the antennaelements may include a transmitting device or a receiving deviceapplying amplitude offsets, phase offsets, or both to signals carriedvia the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustmentsassociated with each of the antenna elements may be defined by abeamforming weight set associated with a particular orientation (e.g.,with respect to the antenna array of the transmitting device orreceiving device, or with respect to some other orientation).

The wireless communications system 100 may support techniques to enablea wireless node, such as an assisting node or a UE 115, to relay signalsassociated with multiple signal types, including informationcommunications signals and energy transfer signals. For example, anetwork entity 105 may transmit control signaling configuring a wirelessnode to relay signals associated with multiple signal types, includingat least a first signal type associated with an informationcommunication signal and a second signal type associated with an energytransfer signal. In some cases, the configuration may indicate one ormore transmission parameters including a beam index for each signaltype, a transmit power for each signal type, time and frequencyresources for each signal type, a priority value for each signal type,or any combination thereof. Additionally, or alternatively, theconfiguration may include one or more transmit power priority rules, oneor more transmission priority rules, or both. For example, the wirelessnode may apply the one or more transmit power priority rules, the one ormore transmission priority rules, or both, to a set of signals to berelayed by the wireless node when capabilities of the wireless node areexceeded based on the one or more transmission parameters associatedwith the set of signals.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 200that supports control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer inaccordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. In someexamples, the wireless communications system 200 may implement or beimplemented by aspects of the wireless communications system 100. Forexample, the wireless communications systems 200 may include one or morenetwork entities 105 (e.g., a network entity 105-a) and one or more UEs115 (e.g., a UE 115-a), which may be examples of the correspondingdevices described with reference to FIG. 1 . In the example of FIG. 2 ,the network entity 105-a may be examples of a CU 160, a DU 165, an RU170, a base station 140, an IAB node 104, or one or more other networknodes as described with reference to FIG. 1 . In some cases, the networkentity 105-a may transmit, to a wireless node 205, control signaling 210configuring the node 205 to relay signals associated with multiplesignal types, including energy transfer signals 215, backscattermodulated information signal 220, and wireless communications signals225.

Some wireless communications systems may support transmission of energysignaling (e.g., energy transfer signals 215), such as for PIoT devices,such as a PIoT device 240, including RFID tags among other use cases.For example, an RFID tag (e.g., RFID micro transponders) may receive anenergy transfer signal 215 and emit an information-bearing signal, whichmay be referred to as an information communications signal or abackscatter modulated information signal 220, based on receiving theenergy transfer signal 215. That is, the RFID tag (e.g., passive RFID)may harvest the energy transfer signal 215 over the air and powertransmission/reception circuitry to emit the backscatter modulatedinformation signal 220 (e.g., may operate without battery at lowoperating expenditure, low maintenance cost, and long-life cycle). Insome cases, the RFID may be a semi-passive RFID or an active-RFID (e.g.,with a battery).

Some wireless communications systems (e.g., 5th generation and 6thgeneration) may support PIoT devices 240 via capabilities of a networkentity 105. For example, a network entity 105 may read and writeinformation stored on PIoT device 240, provide energy to PIoT devices240, receive an information-bearing signal reflected by PIoT devices240, read information-bearing signals reflected by PIoT devices 240 todecode the information transmitted by the PIoT devices 240, or anycombination thereof. However, PIoT devices 240, such as RFID tags, maysupport a short range (e.g., less than 10 m) due to insufficient linkbudgets (e.g., power link issues) and reflections by multi-pathcommunications may result in fading to the energy transfer signal 215.For example, power harvesting circuitry may support high input powers(e.g., −13 decibel-milliwatts (dBm)) and lower input power (e.g., −20dBm or below), and may not support cost and conversion efficiency (e.g.,below 1%).

In such cases, an assisting node (e.g., a smart repeater, radiofrequency repeater, passive reflector, and the like), which may bereferred to as a wireless node (e.g., a wireless node 205), be used todirect energy transfer signals 215 to PIoT devices 240, relayinformation-bearing signaling (e.g., backscatter modulated signals 220)from one PIoT device 240 to another, or both. However, current assistingnode configurations may not support relaying (e.g., repeating) energytransfer signals 215 in addition to information-bearing signals, such asbackscatter modulated information signals 220 or wireless communicationssignals 225.

Techniques described herein may support control signaling 210 indicatingone or more configurations for a wireless node, such as a wireless node205, to relay signals associated with multiple signal types, includingenergy transfer signals 215 and information-bearing signals (e.g.,information communication signals), such as backscatter modulatedinformation signals 220 (e.g., PIoT communications signals) and wirelesscommunications signals 225 (e.g., NR communications signals). Forexample, a wireless node 205 may be an example of an assisting node(e.g., a smart repeater, radio frequency repeater, passive reflector, areconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), or an intelligent reflectingsurface (IRS), among other device types). In some cases, the wirelessnode 205 may receive control information (e.g., control signaling 210)for efficient operations (e.g., TDD configurations, enabling/disablingconfigurations, spatial information). Additionally, use of the wirelessnode 205 for relaying signaling may improve (e.g., extend) coverage ofwireless energy transfer, leverage infrastructure for both energy anddata delivery, and improve signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio(SINR) (e.g., particularly for millimeter wave (mmW) bands).

In some cases, the wireless node 205 may transmit, to a network entity105-a, a capability message indicating a capability of the wireless node205 to support energy transfer (e.g., transmission), energy reception,or both (e.g., energy harvesting capability). That is, the capabilitymessage may indicate the ability of the wireless node to relay energytransfer signals 215 (e.g., reducing a dependency on a dedicated energysource).

In some cases, the network entity 105-a may transmit, to the wirelessnode 205, control signaling 210 (e.g., downlink control information(DCI), MAC-control element (MAC-CE), or RRC signaling) indicating one ormore configurations for relaying signals associated with multiple signaltypes between one or more transmitting nodes, such as the network entity105-a, an energy transmitter 230, and a PIoT device 240-b, and one ormore receiving nodes, such as an energy receiver 235, a PIoT device240-a, and a UE 115-a. For example, a first configuration may beassociated with a first signal type, a second configuration may beassociated with a second signal type, and a third configuration may beassociated with a third signal type. In some cases, the first signaltype may be associated with energy transfer signals 215, the secondsignal type may be associated with backscatter modulated informationsignals 220, and the third signal type may be associated with wirelesscommunications signals 225. Additionally, the network entity 105-a maytransmit the one or more configurations in separate control signaling210 (e.g., a control message for each of the one or more configurations)or in joint control signaling 210 (e.g., a control message including allof the one or more configurations) based on a capability of the wirelessnode 205 (e.g., indicated to the network entity 105-a).

In some cases, the control signaling 210 may including one or moretransmission parameters (e.g., included in the one or moreconfigurations). For example, the one or more transmission parametersmay include one or more beam indices. That is, the network entity 105-amay configure a first beam index for reception of a first signal typeand a second beam index for transmission of the first signal type. Forexample, the wireless node may receive energy transfer signals 215 via afirst beam associated with a first beam index and transmit the energytransfer signals 215 via a second beam associated with a second beamindex. As an illustrative example, the wireless node 205 may receive anenergy transfer signal 215 from the energy transfer signal via the firstbeam associated with the first beam index and relay (e.g., transmit,reflect, or repeat) the energy transfer signal 215 to the energyreceiver 235 via the second beam associated with the second beam index.Similarly, the wireless node may receive backscatter modulatedinformation signals 220 via a third beam associated with a third beamindex, transmit backscatter modulated information signals 220 via afourth beam associated with a fourth beam index, receive wirelesscommunications signals 225 via a fifth beam associated with a fifth beamindex, and transmit wireless communications signals 225 via a sixth beamassociated with a sixth beam index. In some cases, the quantity of beamsassociated with the beam indices may not exceed a capability of thewireless node 205 (e.g., included in the capability message transmittedto the network entity 105-a). For example, one or more of the firstbeam, the second beam, the third beam, the fourth beam, the fifth beam,and the sixth beam may be the same or different.

In some cases, the one or more transmission parameters may include oneor more transmit powers. That is, the network entity 105-a may configurea first transmit power for transmitting energy transfer signals 215, asecond transmit power for transmitting backscatter modulated informationsignals 220, and a third transmit power for transmitting wirelesscommunications signals 225. In some cases, the network entity 105-a mayindicate the one or more transmit powers in absolute or relative values.That is, the network entity 105-a may indicate a transmit power in dBmor increase/decrease power in dB with respect to a configured referencepower (e.g., reference power may be determined by the wireless node 205or the network entity 105-a based on path-loss, reference signalmeasurements, or both). In some cases, the sum of the transmit powers(e.g., the first transmit power, the second transmit power, and thethird transmit power) may not exceed a capability of the wireless node(e.g., included in the capability message transmitted to the networkentity 105-a).

In some cases, the one or more transmission parameters may include oneor more time and frequency resources, as described with reference toFIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C. That is, the network entity 105-a may configure afirst starting and length indicator (SLIV) for energy transfer signals215, a second SLIV for backscatter modulated information signals 220,and a third SLIV for wireless communications signals 225. Additionally,the network entity 105-a may configure (e.g., pre-configure) thewireless node 205 with a set of frequency resources for each signal type(e.g., for energy transfer signals 215, for backscatter modulatedinformation signals 220, for wireless communications signals 225), suchthat each signal type is associated with a separate bandwidth part(BWP). Additionally, or alternatively, the one or more transmissionparameters may include an indication to TDM, FDM, or spatial divisionmultiplex (SDM) one or more signals to be relayed by the wireless node205 (e.g., equally splitting all resources), as described with referenceto FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C.

In some cases, the control signaling 210 may include an indication of apriority value associated with each signal type (e.g., a prioritizationof signal types). For example, a first priority value may be associatedwith energy transfer signals 215, a second priority value may beassociated with backscatter modulated information signals 220, and athird priority value may be associated with wireless communicationssignals 225. In some cases, the third priority value may be greater thanthe first priority value, and the first priority value may be greaterthan the second priority value.

Additionally, the control signaling 210 may include an indication of oneor more transmit power priority rules based on the priority values. Forexample, the wireless node 205 may support signal multiplexingcapabilities (e.g., limited multiplexing capabilities), transmit powercapabilities (e.g., a total transmit power), and transmission/receptionbeam capabilities (e.g., a quantity of beams supported by the wirelessnode 205). In some cases, the wireless node 205 may not expect toreceive scheduling of one or more signals beyond its capabilities. Insome other cases, the wireless node 205 may receive scheduling of one ormore signals beyond its capabilities and may apply a transmit powerpriority rule from the one or more transmit power priority rules basedon the capabilities being exceeded. For example, the network entity105-a may schedule the wireless node 205 to relay a set of signals ofmultiple signal types, where a sum of respective transmit powers for theset of signals exceeds a total transmit power capability of the wirelessnode 205. In such cases, the wireless node 205 may apply a transmitpower priority rule of the one or more transmit power priority rulesbased on the capabilities being exceeded.

In some cases, a first transmit power priority rule may indicate for thewireless node 205 to reduce a transmit power of one or more signals of asignal type associated with a lowest priority value. For example, thewireless node 205 may be scheduled to relay an energy transfer signal215, associated with a first transmit power (e.g., P1), to the energyreceiver 235, and a backscatter modulated information signal 220,associated with a second transmit power (e.g., P2), to the PIoT device240-a, where the combination of the first transmit power and the secondtransmit power may exceed the total transmit power capability of thewireless node 205 (e.g., Pmax). Additionally, the backscatter modulatedinformation signal 220 may be associated with a priority value that islower than a priority value associated with the energy transfer signal215. As such, the wireless node 205 may reduce the second transmit powerto a third transmit power (e.g., Pmax−P1), such that the wireless node205 transmits the energy transfer signal 215 at the first transmit power(e.g., P1) and the backscatter modulated information signal 220 at thethird transmit power (e.g., Pmax−P1). In another example, the wirelessnode 205 may be scheduled to relay the energy transfer signal 215,associated with the first transmit power (e.g., P1), the backscattermodulated information signal 220, associated with the second transmitpower (e.g., P2), and a wireless communications signal 225, associatedwith a third transmit power (e.g., P3), where the combination of thefirst transmit power, the second transmit power, and the third transitpower exceeds the total transmit power capability of the wireless node205 (e.g., Pmax). Additionally, the wireless communications signal 225may be associated with a priority value that is greater than a priorityvalue associated with the backscatter modulated information signal 220and a priority value associated with the energy transfer signal 215. Assuch, the wireless node 205 may reduce the first transmit power and thesecond transmit power such that the energy transfer signal 215 and thebackscatter modulated information signal 220 are transmitted at a fourthtransmit power (e.g., the wireless node 205 may equally split residualtransmit power if they are of equal power). That is, the wireless node205 may transmit the wireless communications signal 225 at the thirdtransmit power (e.g., P3), the energy transfer signal 215 at the fourthtransmit power (e.g., (Pmax−P3)/2), and the backscatter modulatedinformation signal 220 at the fourth transmit power.

In some cases, a second transmit power priority rule may indicate forthe wireless node 205 to reduce a transmit power of each signal of a setof signals to be relayed by the wireless node 205 based on respectivepriority values of each signal of the set of signals being the same(e.g., equal). For example, the wireless node 205 may be scheduled torelay an energy transfer signal 215, associated with a first transmitpower, to the energy receiver 235 and to relay a backscatter modulatedinformation signal 220, associated with a second transmit power, to thePIoT device 240-a, where the combination of the first transmit power andthe second transmit power may exceed the total transmit power capabilityof the wireless node 205. Additionally, the backscatter modulatedinformation signal 220 may be associated with a priority value that isequal to a priority value associated with the energy transfer signal215. As such, the wireless node 205 may reduce the first transmit powerto a third transmit power and the second transmit power to a fourthtransmit power, such that the wireless node 205 transmits the energytransfer signal 215 at the third (e.g., reduced) transmit power and thebackscatter modulated information signal 220 at the fourth (e.g.,reduced) transmit power. In some cases, the wireless node 205 may reducethe first transmit power and the second transmit power by the sameamount. In some other cases, the wireless node 205 may reduce the firsttransmit power and the second transmit power by different amounts (e.g.,based on a configuration of the wireless node 205).

In some cases, the control signaling 210 may include an indication of atransmission priority rule, where the transmission priority rule isbased on the priority values. In some cases, the transmission priorityrule may indicate for the wireless node 205 to drop one or more signalsassociated with a lowest priority value. For example, the wireless node205 may be scheduled to relay a wireless communications signal 225,associated with a first transmit power (e.g., P1), an energy transfersignal 215, associated with a second transmit power (e.g., P2), and abackscatter modulated information signal 220, associated with a thirdtransmit power (e.g., P3), where the combination of the first transmitpower, the second transmit power, and the third transmit power exceedsthe total transmit power capability (e.g., Pmax) of the wireless node205. Additionally, the wireless communications signal 225 may beassociated with a first priority value, the energy transfer signal 215may be associated with a second priority value, and the backscattermodulated information signal 220 may be associated with a third priorityvalue, where the first priority value is greater than the secondpriority value which is greater than the third priority value (e.g.,wireless communications signal 225>energy transfer signal215>backscatter modulated information signal 220). In some cases, thewireless node 205 may drop the backscatter modulated information signal220 based on the third priority value being a lowest priority value andbased on a sum of the first transmit power (e.g., associated with thewireless communications signal 225) and the second transmit power (e.g.,associated with the energy transfer signal 215) being less than thetotal transmit power capability of the wireless node 205 (e.g.,P1+P2<Pmax). In some other cases, the wireless node 205 may drop theenergy transfer signal 215 and the backscatter modulated informationsignal 220 based on the second priority value and the third priorityvalue being less than the first priority value and based on the firsttransmit power (e.g., associated with the wireless communications signal225) being less than the total transmit power capability of the wirelessnode 205 (e.g., P1<Pmax).

In another example, the wireless node 205 may be scheduled to relay awireless communications signal 225 via a first beam, an energy transfersignal 215, via a second beam, and a backscatter modulated informationsignal 220 via third beam, where the first beam, the second beam, andthe third beam are different (e.g., three beams total) and the wirelessnode 205 may be capable of supporting two beams. Additionally, thewireless communications signal 225 may be associated with a firstpriority value, the energy transfer signal 215 may be associated with asecond priority value, and the backscatter modulated information signal220 may be associated with a third priority value, where the firstpriority value is greater than the second priority value which isgreater than the third priority value. In some cases, the wireless node205 may drop the backscatter modulated information signal 220 based onthe third priority value being a lowest priority value and based on thewireless node 205 supporting two beams (e.g., based on the wireless node205 being scheduled to relay signals using three beams when the wirelessnode 205 is capable of supporting two).

FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C each illustrate an example of a multiplexingcommunication 300 that supports control signaling for repeaters withenergy transfer in accordance with one or more aspects of the presentdisclosure. In some examples, the multiplexing communication schemes 300(e.g., the multiplexing communication scheme 300-a, the multiplexingcommunication scheme 300-b, and the multiplexing communication scheme300-c) may implement or be implemented by aspects of the wirelesscommunications system 100 and the wireless communications systems 200.For example, the multiplexing communication schemes 300 may beimplemented by a wireless node, which may be an example of a networkentity 105, a UE 115, or the like thereof, as described with referenceto FIG. 1 . In some cases, a network entity 105 may transmit, to awireless node 205, control signaling configuring the wireless node torelay signals associated with multiple signal types, including energytransfer signals 305, backscatter modulated information signal 310, andwireless communications signals 315.

In some cases, in the example of FIG. 3A, a network entity 105 mayconfigure a wireless node to relay signals associated with multiplesignal types, including energy transfer signals 305, backscattermodulated information signal 310, and wireless communications signals315, using one or more TDM techniques. For example, the wireless nodemay transmit an energy transfer signal 305-a via a beam 320-a during afirst duration (e.g., according to a first set of time resources), abackscatter modulated information signal 310-a via a beam 320-b during asecond duration (e.g., according to a second set of time resources), anda wireless communications signal 315-a via a beam 320-c during a thirdduration (e.g., according to a third set of time resources), where thefirst duration, the second duration, and the third duration are unique(e.g., the first set of time resources, the second set of timeresources, and the third set of time resources are different). In somecases, a switching time 325-a may exist between transmission of theenergy transfer signal 305-a and the backscatter modulated informationsignal 310-a, and a switching time 325-b may exist between thebackscatter modulated information signal 310-a and the wirelesscommunication signal 315-a. In some cases, the switching time 325-a maybe the same as the switching time 325-b. In some other cases, theswitching time 325-a may be different than the switching time 325-b(e.g., switching times 325 may be different following transmission orreception of different signal types). Additionally, or alternatively,the switching times 325 may be based on a capability of the wirelessnode to re-tune hardware (e.g., RF hardware) between signaltransmissions (e.g., change transmit power, beam 320, perform BWP/bandswitching). That is, the switching times 325 may satisfy (e.g., exceed)a threshold, where the threshold is based on the capability of thewireless node. In some cases, one or more of a first frequencyassociated with the energy transfer signal 305-a, a second frequencyassociated with the backscatter modulated information signal 310-a, anda third frequency associated with the wireless communications signal 315may be the same or different. Additionally, or alternatively, one ormore of the beam 320-a, the beam 320-b, and the beam 320-c may be thesame or different.

In some cases, in the example of FIG. 3B, the network entity 105 mayconfigure the wireless node to relay signals associated with multiplesignal types, including energy transfer signals 305, backscattermodulated information signals 310, and wireless communications signals315, using one or more FDM techniques. That is, the wireless node maytransmit an energy transfer signal 305-b via a beam 320-d at a firstfrequency (e.g., according to a first set of frequency resources), abackscatter modulated information signal 310-b via a beam 320-e at asecond frequency (e.g., according to a second set of frequencyresources), and a wireless communications signal 315-b via a beam 320-fat a third frequency (e.g., according to a third set of frequencyresources), where the first frequency, the second frequency, and thethird frequency are unique (e.g., the first set of frequency resources,the second set of frequency resources, and the third set of frequencyresources are different). Additionally, or alternatively, one or more ofthe beam 320-d, the beam 320-e, and the beam 320-f may be the same ordifferent.

In some cases, respective SLIVs associated with each signal type may bethe same or different based on one or more capabilities of the wirelessnode (e.g., hardware capabilities or maintaining phase continuity andtuning transmit power). For example, the energy transfer signal 305-bmay be associated with a first SLIV, the backscatter modulatedinformation signal 310-b may be associated with a second SLIV, and thewireless communications signal 315-b may be associated with a thirdSLIV. In some examples, the first SLIV, the second SLIV, and the thirdSLIV may be the same, such that respective starting positions anddurations of the energy transfer signal 305-b, the backscatter modulatedinformation signal 310-b, and the wireless communications signals 315-bmay be the same. In some other examples, one or more of the first SLIV,the second SLIV, and the third SLIV may be different. For example, thethird SLIV associated with the wireless communications signal 315-b maybe confined within one or more of the first SLIV associated with theenergy transfer signal 305-b or the second SLIV associated with thebackscatter modulated information signal 310-b. That is, the wirelesscommunications signal 315-b may overlap (e.g., completely) in the timedomain with the energy transfer signal 305-b, the backscatter modulatedinformation signal 310-b, or both (e.g., the wireless node may refrainfrom starting or ending a transmission of an energy transfer signal 305,a backscatter modulated information signal 310, or both duringtransmission of a wireless communications signal 315). In some otherexamples, the first SLIV, the second SLIV, and the third SLIV may bebased on an RF associated with each signal type (e.g., the wireless nodehas separate RFs for each signal type, which may be indicated to thenetwork entity in a capability report).

In some cases, in the example of FIG. 3C, the network entity 105 mayconfigure the wireless node to relay signals associated with multiplesignal types, including energy transfer signals 305, backscattermodulated information signals 310, and wireless communications signals315, using one or more SDM techniques (e.g., in combination with the TDMtechniques, the FDM techniques, or both). That is, the wireless node maytransmit an energy transfer signal 305-c via a beam 320-g, a backscattermodulated information signal 310-c via a beam 320-h, and a wirelesscommunications signal 315-c via a beam 320-j. Additionally, the wirelessnode may transmit the energy transfer signal 305-c via, the backscattermodulated information signal 310-c, and the wireless communicationssignal 315-c using a same set of time and frequency resources (e.g., ondifferent spatial layers). Additionally, or alternatively, one or moreof the beam 320-g, the beam 320-h, and the beam 320-j may be the same ordifferent.

In some cases, the wireless node may relay (e.g., transmit or receive)two or more of an energy transfer signals 305, a backscatter modulatedinformation signals 310, and a wireless communications signals 315 usinga common beam (e.g., due to a capability of the wireless node to supporttwo or more simultaneous beams). For example, in FIG. 3A, the beam 320-amay be the same as the beam 320-b which may be the same as the beam320-c (e.g., a best beam towards each receiving node). In some cases,the wireless node may split available transmit power (e.g., based onwireless node capability) equally between the energy transfer signals305-a relayed via the beam 320-a, the backscatter modulated informationsignals 310-a relayed via the beam 320-b, and the wirelesscommunications signals 315-a relayed via the beam 320-c. In some othercases, the wireless node may split the available transmit power betweenthe energy transfer signals 305-a relayed via the beam 320-a, thebackscatter modulated information signals 310-a relayed via the beam320-b, and the wireless communications signals 315-a relayed via thebeam 320-c based on a configuration, as described with reference to FIG.2 . That is, a network entity 105 may configure the wireless node torelay one or more of an energy transfer signal 305, a backscattermodulated information signal 310, and a wireless communications signal315 using a configured transmit power (e.g., the wireless node isconfigured to use more transmit power to one type of signal). Forexample, the network entity 105 may configure the wireless node with apower offset (e.g., static or dynamic) to be applied to one or moresignal types (e.g., backscatter modulated information signals 310 orwireless communications signals 315).

In another example (e.g., in FIG. 3A), the beam 320-a and the beam 320-bmay be the same (e.g., a broad beam) while the beam 320-c may bedifferent. That is, a receiving node associated with the energy transfersignals 305-a may be in proximity of a receiving node associated withthe backscatter modulated information signals 310-a such that thewireless node may transmit the energy transfer signals 305-a and thebackscatter modulated information signals 310-a using the same beam(e.g., a broad beam or adjacent beams).

While much of the present disclosure is described in the context of awireless node transmitting one or more signals associated with multiplesignal types, including energy transfer signals 305, backscattermodulated information signals 310, and wireless communications signals315, this is not to be regarded as a limitation of the presentdisclosure. Indeed, it is contemplated herein that the wireless node maytransmit one or more signals associated with multiple signal types basedon control signaling configuring the wireless node to relay signalsassociated with multiple signal type. In this regard, reception of oneor more signals associated with multiple signal types may be consideredwith reference to the techniques described herein. Additionally, oralternatively, simultaneous reception and transmission of one or moresignals associated with multiple signal types may be considered withreference to the techniques described herein.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a process flow 400 that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure. In some examples, theprocess flow 400 may implement or be implemented by aspects of thewireless communications system 100, the wireless communications systems200, and the multiplexing communication schemes 300. For example, theprocess flow 400 may include one or more network entities 105 (e.g., anetwork entity 105-b) and one or more UEs 115 (e.g., a UE 115-b), whichmay be examples of the corresponding devices described with reference toFIG. 1 . In the example of FIG. 4 , the network entity 105-b may beexamples of a CU 160, a DU 165, an RU 170, a base station 140, an IABnode 104, or one or more other network nodes as described with referenceto FIG. 1 . In some cases, the network entity 105-b may transmit controlsignaling to a wireless node 405 (e.g., an assisting node or a relaynode) including an indication of one or more configurations for relayingsignals associated with multiple signal types.

In some cases, at 415, the wireless node 405 may transmit, to thenetwork entity 105-b, a capability message indicating a capability ofthe wireless node 405 to support relaying of energy transfer signaling.

At 420, the network entity 105-b may transmit, to the wireless node 405,control signaling including an indication of one or more configurationsfor relaying signals associated with a multiple of signal types betweenone or more transmitting nodes, such as a PIoT device 410 or the networkentity 105-b, and one or more receiving nodes, such as a UE 115-b,wherein the multiple signal types includes at least a first signal typeassociated with an information communications signal and a second signaltype associated with an energy transfer signal. In some cases, the firstsignal type may include a first information communications signalassociated with wireless communications between the network entity 105-band the UE 115-b and a second information communications signalassociated with a backscatter modulated information signaling from apassively powered device, such as the PIoT device 410. In some cases,the network entity 105-b may transmit the control signaling based onreceiving the capability message.

In some cases, the control signaling may include an indication of one ormore transmission parameters (e.g., included in the one or moreconfigurations) for relaying at least a subset of one or more signals ofthe first signal type, the second signal type, or both. For example, theone or more transmission parameters may include one or more beamindices, where the one or more beam indices include at least a firstbeam index associated with the first signal type and a second beam indexassociated with the second signal type. Additionally, or alternatively,the one or more transmission parameters may include one or more transmitpowers, where the one or more transmit powers include at least a firsttransmit power associated with the first signal type and a secondtransmit power associated with the second signal type.

Additionally, or alternatively, the one or more transmission parametersmay include one or more sets of time and frequency resources, where theone or more sets of time and frequency resources include at least afirst set of time and frequency resources associated with the firstsignal type and a second set of time and frequency resources associatedwith the second signal type. In some cases, the one or moreconfigurations may indicate an FDM configuration for transmitting themultiple signal types, and a SLIV associated with the first set of timeand frequency resources may be based on a SLIV associated with thesecond set of time and frequency resources. In some other cases, the oneor more configurations may indicate an TDM configuration fortransmitting the multiple signal types, and a duration between the firstset of time and frequency resources and the second set of time andfrequency resources may satisfy a threshold duration, where thethreshold duration is based at least in part on a beam switchingcapability of the wireless node 405.

Additionally, or alternatively, the one or more transmission parametersmay include a set of priority values associated with the multiple signaltypes, where the set of priority values includes at least a firstpriority value associated with the first signal type and a secondpriority value associated with the second signal type. In some cases,the one or more configurations may include an indication of one or moretransmit power priority rules associated with the set of priorityvalues. For example, a first transmit power priority rule of the one ormore transmit power priority rules may indicate for the wireless node405 to reduce a transmission power of one or more signals of a signaltype associated with a lowest priority value out of the set of priorityvalues associated with the multiple signal types. In another example, asecond transmit power priority rule of the one or more transmit powerpriority rules may indicate for the wireless node 405 to reduce atransmission power of each signal of a set of signals, wherein priorityvalues associated each signal type of the set of signals are equal.Additionally, or alternatively, the one or more configurations mayinclude an indication of a transmission priority rule associated withthe set of priority values. For example, the transmission priority rulemay indicate for the wireless node 405 to drop one or more signals of asignal type associated with a lowest priority value out of the set ofpriority values associated with the multiple of signal types.

In some case, the wireless node 405 may receive one or more signals ofthe first signal type, the second signal type, or both. For example, at425, the network entity 105-b may transmit, to the wireless node 405, aninformation communications signal (e.g., associated with the firstsignal type) to be relayed to the UE 115-b and, at 430, the networkentity 105-b may transmit, to the wireless node 405, an energy transfersignal (e.g., associated with the second signal type) to be relayed tothe PIoT device 410. In some cases, the processes described at 425 and430 may occur simultaneously. Additionally, the informationcommunications signal may be associated with a first priority valuebased on the first signal type and the energy transfer signal may beassociated with a second priority value based on the second signal type.

In some cases, at 435, transmission parameters associated with theinformation communications signal and transmission parameters associatedwith the energy transfer signal (e.g., based on the one or moreconfigurations) may exceed the capabilities of the wireless node 405.For example, a combination of a transmit power associated with theinformation communications signal and a transmit power associated withthe energy transfer signal may exceed a transmit power capability (e.g.,maximum transmit power) of the wireless node 405. As such, the wirelessnode 405 may reduce the transmit power of the information communicationssignal, the energy transfer signal, or both based on the one or moretransmit power rules indicated in the control signaling. For example,the first priority value associated with the information communicationssignal may be greater than the second priority value associated with theenergy transfer signal, such that the wireless node 405 reduces thetransmit power of the energy transfer signal. In another example, thefirst priority value associated with the information communicationssignal may be equal to the second priority value associated with theenergy transfer signal, such that the wireless node 405 reduces thetransmit power of both the information communications signal and theenergy transfer signal.

In some cases, at 440, transmission parameters associated with theinformation communications signal and transmission parameters associatedwith the energy transfer signal (e.g., based on the one or moreconfigurations) may exceed the capabilities of the wireless node 405 andthe wireless node 405 may drop the information communications signal orthe energy transfer signal based on the transmission priority ruleindicated in the control signaling. For example, the first priorityvalue associated with the information communications signal may begreater than the second priority value associated with the energytransfer signal, such that the wireless node 405 drops the energytransfer signal.

In some cases, the wireless node 405 may relay at least a subset of theone or more signals of the first signal type, the second signal type, orboth, according to the one or more configurations. For example, at 445,the wireless node 405 may relay the information communications signal tothe UE 115-b and, at 450, the wireless node may relay the energytransfer signal to the PIoT device 410. In some cases, the processesdescribed at 445 and 450 may occur simultaneously.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram 500 of a device 505 that supports controlsignaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance with one ormore aspects of the present disclosure. The device 505 may be an exampleof aspects of a UE 115 as described herein. The device 505 may include areceiver 510, a transmitter 515, and a communications manager 520. Thedevice 505 may also include a processor. Each of these components may bein communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

The receiver 510 may provide a means for receiving information such aspackets, user data, control information, or any combination thereofassociated with various information channels (e.g., control channels,data channels, information channels related to control signaling forrepeaters with energy transfer). Information may be passed on to othercomponents of the device 505. The receiver 510 may utilize a singleantenna or a set of multiple antennas.

The transmitter 515 may provide a means for transmitting signalsgenerated by other components of the device 505. For example, thetransmitter 515 may transmit information such as packets, user data,control information, or any combination thereof associated with variousinformation channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, informationchannels related to control signaling for repeaters with energytransfer). In some examples, the transmitter 515 may be co-located witha receiver 510 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 515 may utilizea single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

The communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515,or various combinations thereof or various components thereof may beexamples of means for performing various aspects of control signalingfor repeaters with energy transfer as described herein. For example, thecommunications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, orvarious combinations or components thereof may support a method forperforming one or more of the functions described herein.

In some examples, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, thetransmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may beimplemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry).The hardware may include a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP),a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integratedcircuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or otherprogrammable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate ortransistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combinationthereof configured as or otherwise supporting a means for performing thefunctions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, aprocessor and memory coupled with the processor may be configured toperform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., byexecuting, by the processor, instructions stored in the memory).

Additionally, or alternatively, in some examples, the communicationsmanager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or variouscombinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., ascommunications management software or firmware) executed by a processor.If implemented in code executed by a processor, the functions of thecommunications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, orvarious combinations or components thereof may be performed by ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, amicrocontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logicdevices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting a means forperforming the functions described in the present disclosure).

In some examples, the communications manager 520 may be configured toperform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring,outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with thereceiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both. For example, thecommunications manager 520 may receive information from the receiver510, send information to the transmitter 515, or be integrated incombination with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both toobtain information, output information, or perform various otheroperations as described herein.

The communications manager 520 may support wireless communications at awireless node in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. Forexample, the communications manager 520 may be configured as orotherwise support a means for receiving control signaling including anindication of one or more configurations for relaying signals associatedwith a set of multiple signal types between one or more transmittingnodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signaltypes includes at least a first signal type associated with aninformation communications signal and a second signal type associatedwith an energy transfer signal. The communications manager 520 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for receiving one or moresignals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, or both.The communications manager 520 may be configured as or otherwise supporta means for relaying at least a subset of the one or more signals of thefirst signal type, of the second signal type, or both, according to theone or more configurations.

By including or configuring the communications manager 520 in accordancewith examples as described herein, the device 505 (e.g., a processorcontrolling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 510, the transmitter515, the communications manager 520, or a combination thereof) maysupport techniques for relaying energy transfer signals which may resultin reduced processing, reduced power consumption, and more efficientutilization of communication resources, among other advantages.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram 600 of a device 605 that supports controlsignaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance with one ormore aspects of the present disclosure. The device 605 may be an exampleof aspects of a device 505 or a UE 115 as described herein. The device605 may include a receiver 610, a transmitter 615, and a communicationsmanager 620. The device 605 may also include a processor. Each of thesecomponents may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one ormore buses).

The receiver 610 may provide a means for receiving information such aspackets, user data, control information, or any combination thereofassociated with various information channels (e.g., control channels,data channels, information channels related to control signaling forrepeaters with energy transfer). Information may be passed on to othercomponents of the device 605. The receiver 610 may utilize a singleantenna or a set of multiple antennas.

The transmitter 615 may provide a means for transmitting signalsgenerated by other components of the device 605. For example, thetransmitter 615 may transmit information such as packets, user data,control information, or any combination thereof associated with variousinformation channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, informationchannels related to control signaling for repeaters with energytransfer). In some examples, the transmitter 615 may be co-located witha receiver 610 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 615 may utilizea single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

The device 605, or various components thereof, may be an example ofmeans for performing various aspects of control signaling for repeaterswith energy transfer as described herein. For example, thecommunications manager 620 may include a configuration component 625 arelaying component 630, or any combination thereof. The communicationsmanager 620 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 520as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 620,or various components thereof, may be configured to perform variousoperations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting,transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 610,the transmitter 615, or both. For example, the communications manager620 may receive information from the receiver 610, send information tothe transmitter 615, or be integrated in combination with the receiver610, the transmitter 615, or both to obtain information, outputinformation, or perform various other operations as described herein.

The communications manager 620 may support wireless communications at awireless node in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. Theconfiguration component 625 may be configured as or otherwise support ameans for receiving control signaling including an indication of one ormore configurations for relaying signals associated with a set ofmultiple signal types between one or more transmitting nodes and one ormore receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signal types includes atleast a first signal type associated with an information communicationssignal and a second signal type associated with an energy transfersignal. The relaying component 630 may be configured as or otherwisesupport a means for receiving one or more signals of the first signaltype, of the second signal type, or both. The relaying component 630 maybe configured as or otherwise support a means for relaying at least asubset of the one or more signals of the first signal type, of thesecond signal type, or both, according to the one or moreconfigurations.

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram 700 of a communications manager 720 thatsupports control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer inaccordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Thecommunications manager 720 may be an example of aspects of acommunications manager 520, a communications manager 620, or both, asdescribed herein. The communications manager 720, or various componentsthereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects ofcontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer as describedherein. For example, the communications manager 720 may include aconfiguration component 725, a relaying component 730, a capabilitycomponent 735, a transmission parameter component 740, a prioritizationcomponent 745, or any combination thereof. Each of these components maycommunicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one ormore buses).

The communications manager 720 may support wireless communications at awireless node in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. Theconfiguration component 725 may be configured as or otherwise support ameans for receiving control signaling including an indication of one ormore configurations for relaying signals associated with a set ofmultiple signal types between one or more transmitting nodes and one ormore receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signal types includes atleast a first signal type associated with an information communicationssignal and a second signal type associated with an energy transfersignal. The relaying component 730 may be configured as or otherwisesupport a means for receiving one or more signals of the first signaltype, of the second signal type, or both. In some examples, the relayingcomponent 730 may be configured as or otherwise support a means forrelaying at least a subset of the one or more signals of the firstsignal type, of the second signal type, or both, according to the one ormore configurations.

In some examples, the capability component 735 may be configured as orotherwise support a means for transmitting a capability messageindicating a capability of the wireless node to support relaying ofenergy transfer signaling, where the one or more configurations arebased on the capability message.

In some examples, to support receiving the control signaling, thetransmission parameter component 740 may be configured as or otherwisesupport a means for receiving an indication of one or more transmissionparameters for relaying the at least the subset of the one or moresignals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, or both.

In some examples, to support receiving the indication of the one or moretransmission parameters, the transmission parameter component 740 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for receiving an indicationof one or more beam indices, where the one or more beam indices includeat least a first beam index associated with the first signal type and asecond beam index associated with the second signal type, and where theone or more transmission parameters includes the one or more beamindices.

In some examples, to support receiving the indication of the one or moretransmission parameters, the transmission parameter component 740 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for receiving an indicationof one or more transmit powers, where the one or more transmit powersincludes at least a first transmit power associated with the firstsignal type and a second transmit power associated with the secondsignal type, and where the one or more transmission parameters includethe one or more transmit powers.

In some examples, to support receiving the indication of the one or moretransmission parameters, the transmission parameter component 740 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for receiving an indicationof one or more sets of time and frequency resources, where the one ormore sets of time and frequency resources includes at least a first setof time and frequency resources associated with the first signal typeand a second set of time and frequency resources associated with thesecond signal type, and where the one or more transmission parametersinclude the one or more sets of time and frequency resources.

In some examples, the one or more configurations indicate a frequencydivision multiplexing configuration for transmitting the set of multiplesignal types. In some examples, a starting and length indicator valueassociated with the first set of time and frequency resources is basedon a starting and length indicator value associated with the second setof time and frequency resources.

In some examples, the one or more configurations indicate a timedivision multiplexing configuration for transmitting the set of multiplesignal types. In some examples, a duration between the first set of timeand frequency resources and the second set of time and frequencyresources satisfies a threshold duration. In some examples, thethreshold duration is based on a beam switching capability of thewireless node.

In some examples, to support receiving the indication of the one or moretransmission parameters, the prioritization component 745 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for receiving a set ofpriority values associated with the set of multiple signal types, wherethe set of priority values includes at least a first priority valueassociated with the first signal type and a second priority valueassociated with the second signal type, and where the one or moretransmission parameters includes the set of priority values.

In some examples, to support receiving the indication of the one or moreconfigurations, the prioritization component 745 may be configured as orotherwise support a means for receiving an indication of one or moretransmit power priority rules associated with the set of priorityvalues, where the one or more configurations includes the one or moretransmit power priority rules.

In some examples, a first transmit power priority rule of the one ormore transmit power priority rules indicates for the wireless node toreduce a transmission power of one or more signals of a signal typeassociated with a lowest priority value out of the set of priorityvalues associated with the set of multiple signal types.

In some examples, a first transmit power priority rule of the one ormore transmit power priority rules indicates for the wireless node toreduce a transmission power of each signal of a set of signals. In someexamples, priority values associated each signal type of the set ofsignals are equal.

In some examples, to support receiving the indication of the one or moreconfigurations, the prioritization component 745 may be configured as orotherwise support a means for receiving an indication of a transmissionpriority rule associated with the set of priority values, where thetransmission priority rule indicates for the wireless node to drop oneor more signals of a signal type associated with a lowest priority valueout of the set of priority values associated with the set of multiplesignal types, and where the one or more configurations includes thetransmission priority rule.

In some examples, the first signal type further includes a firstinformation communications signal associated with wirelesscommunications between a network entity and a UE and a secondinformation communications signal associated with backscatter modulatedinformation signaling from a passively powered device.

FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system 800 including a device 805 thatsupports control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer inaccordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Thedevice 805 may be an example of or include the components of a device505, a device 605, or a UE 115 as described herein. The device 805 maycommunicate (e.g., wirelessly) with one or more network entities 105,one or more UEs 115, or any combination thereof. The device 805 mayinclude components for bi-directional voice and data communicationsincluding components for transmitting and receiving communications, suchas a communications manager 820, an input/output (I/O) controller 810, atransceiver 815, an antenna 825, a memory 830, code 835, and a processor840. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwisecoupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally,electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 845).

The I/O controller 810 may manage input and output signals for thedevice 805. The I/O controller 810 may also manage peripherals notintegrated into the device 805. In some cases, the I/O controller 810may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral.In some cases, the I/O controller 810 may utilize an operating systemsuch as iOS®, ANDROID®, MS-DOS®, MS-WINDOWS®, OS/2®, UNIX®, LINUX®, oranother known operating system. Additionally or alternatively, the I/Ocontroller 810 may represent or interact with a modem, a keyboard, amouse, a touchscreen, or a similar device. In some cases, the I/Ocontroller 810 may be implemented as part of a processor, such as theprocessor 840. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 805via the I/O controller 810 or via hardware components controlled by theI/O controller 810.

In some cases, the device 805 may include a single antenna 825. However,in some other cases, the device 805 may have more than one antenna 825,which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiplewireless transmissions. The transceiver 815 may communicatebi-directionally, via the one or more antennas 825, wired, or wirelesslinks as described herein. For example, the transceiver 815 mayrepresent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionallywith another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 815 may also includea modem to modulate the packets, to provide the modulated packets to oneor more antennas 825 for transmission, and to demodulate packetsreceived from the one or more antennas 825. The transceiver 815, or thetransceiver 815 and one or more antennas 825, may be an example of atransmitter 515, a transmitter 615, a receiver 510, a receiver 610, orany combination thereof or component thereof, as described herein.

The memory 830 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-onlymemory (ROM). The memory 830 may store computer-readable,computer-executable code 835 including instructions that, when executedby the processor 840, cause the device 805 to perform various functionsdescribed herein. The code 835 may be stored in a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium such as system memory or another type ofmemory. In some cases, the code 835 may not be directly executable bythe processor 840 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled andexecuted) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, thememory 830 may contain, among other things, a basic I/O system (BIOS)which may control basic hardware or software operation such as theinteraction with peripheral components or devices.

The processor 840 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, anFPGA, a programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logiccomponent, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof).In some cases, the processor 840 may be configured to operate a memoryarray using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memorycontroller may be integrated into the processor 840. The processor 840may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in amemory (e.g., the memory 830) to cause the device 805 to perform variousfunctions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting control signaling forrepeaters with energy transfer). For example, the device 805 or acomponent of the device 805 may include a processor 840 and memory 830coupled with or to the processor 840, the processor 840 and memory 830configured to perform various functions described herein.

The communications manager 820 may support wireless communications at awireless node in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. Forexample, the communications manager 820 may be configured as orotherwise support a means for receiving control signaling including anindication of one or more configurations for relaying signals associatedwith a set of multiple signal types between one or more transmittingnodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signaltypes includes at least a first signal type associated with aninformation communications signal and a second signal type associatedwith an energy transfer signal. The communications manager 820 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for receiving one or moresignals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, or both.The communications manager 820 may be configured as or otherwise supporta means for relaying at least a subset of the one or more signals of thefirst signal type, of the second signal type, or both, according to theone or more configurations.

By including or configuring the communications manager 820 in accordancewith examples as described herein, the device 805 may support techniquesfor relaying energy transfer signals which may result in improvedcommunication reliability, reduced latency, improved user experiencerelated to reduced processing, reduced power consumption, more efficientutilization of communication resources, improved coordination betweendevices, longer battery life, and improved utilization of processingcapability, among other advantages.

In some examples, the communications manager 820 may be configured toperform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting)using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 815, the one ormore antennas 825, or any combination thereof. Although thecommunications manager 820 is illustrated as a separate component, insome examples, one or more functions described with reference to thecommunications manager 820 may be supported by or performed by theprocessor 840, the memory 830, the code 835, or any combination thereof.For example, the code 835 may include instructions executable by theprocessor 840 to cause the device 805 to perform various aspects ofcontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer as describedherein, or the processor 840 and the memory 830 may be otherwiseconfigured to perform or support such operations.

FIG. 9 shows a block diagram 900 of a device 905 that supports controlsignaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance with one ormore aspects of the present disclosure. The device 905 may be an exampleof aspects of a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 905may include a receiver 910, a transmitter 915, and a communicationsmanager 920. The device 905 may also include a processor. Each of thesecomponents may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one ormore buses).

The receiver 910 may provide a means for obtaining (e.g., receiving,determining, identifying) information such as user data, controlinformation, or any combination thereof (e.g., I/Q samples, symbols,packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated withvarious channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, informationchannels, channels associated with a protocol stack). Information may bepassed on to other components of the device 905. In some examples, thereceiver 910 may support obtaining information by receiving signals viaone or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver 910may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or morewired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces,or any combination thereof.

The transmitter 915 may provide a means for outputting (e.g.,transmitting, providing, conveying, sending) information generated byother components of the device 905. For example, the transmitter 915 mayoutput information such as user data, control information, or anycombination thereof (e.g., I/Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol dataunits, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, information channels, channelsassociated with a protocol stack). In some examples, the transmitter 915may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one ormore antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 915 maysupport outputting information by transmitting signals via one or morewired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces,or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 915 andthe receiver 910 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may includeor be coupled with a modem.

The communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915,or various combinations thereof or various components thereof may beexamples of means for performing various aspects of control signalingfor repeaters with energy transfer as described herein. For example, thecommunications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, orvarious combinations or components thereof may support a method forperforming one or more of the functions described herein.

In some examples, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, thetransmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may beimplemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry).The hardware may include a processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA orother programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate ortransistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combinationthereof configured as or otherwise supporting a means for performing thefunctions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, aprocessor and memory coupled with the processor may be configured toperform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., byexecuting, by the processor, instructions stored in the memory).

Additionally, or alternatively, in some examples, the communicationsmanager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or variouscombinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., ascommunications management software or firmware) executed by a processor.If implemented in code executed by a processor, the functions of thecommunications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, orvarious combinations or components thereof may be performed by ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, amicrocontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logicdevices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting a means forperforming the functions described in the present disclosure).

In some examples, the communications manager 920 may be configured toperform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring,outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with thereceiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both. For example, thecommunications manager 920 may receive information from the receiver910, send information to the transmitter 915, or be integrated incombination with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both toobtain information, output information, or perform various otheroperations as described herein.

The communications manager 920 may support wireless communications at anetwork entity in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. Forexample, the communications manager 920 may be configured as orotherwise support a means for transmitting control signaling includingan indication of one or more configurations for relaying signalsassociated with a set of multiple signal types between one or moretransmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set ofmultiple signal types includes at least a first signal type associatedwith an information communications signal and a second signal typeassociated with an energy signal. The communications manager 920 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for communicating with awireless node based on the one or more configurations.

By including or configuring the communications manager 920 in accordancewith examples as described herein, the device 905 (e.g., a processorcontrolling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 910, the transmitter915, the communications manager 920, or a combination thereof) maysupport techniques for relaying energy transfer signals which may resultin reduced processing, reduced power consumption, and more efficientutilization of communication resources, among other advantages.

FIG. 10 shows a block diagram 1000 of a device 1005 that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 1005 may be anexample of aspects of a device 905 or a network entity 105 as describedherein. The device 1005 may include a receiver 1010, a transmitter 1015,and a communications manager 1020. The device 1005 may also include aprocessor. Each of these components may be in communication with oneanother (e.g., via one or more buses).

The receiver 1010 may provide a means for obtaining (e.g., receiving,determining, identifying) information such as user data, controlinformation, or any combination thereof (e.g., I/Q samples, symbols,packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated withvarious channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, informationchannels, channels associated with a protocol stack). Information may bepassed on to other components of the device 1005. In some examples, thereceiver 1010 may support obtaining information by receiving signals viaone or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver 1010may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or morewired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces,or any combination thereof.

The transmitter 1015 may provide a means for outputting (e.g.,transmitting, providing, conveying, sending) information generated byother components of the device 1005. For example, the transmitter 1015may output information such as user data, control information, or anycombination thereof (e.g., I/Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol dataunits, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, information channels, channelsassociated with a protocol stack). In some examples, the transmitter1015 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via oneor more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 1015may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one ormore wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wirelessinterfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, thetransmitter 1015 and the receiver 1010 may be co-located in atransceiver, which may include or be coupled with a modem.

The device 1005, or various components thereof, may be an example ofmeans for performing various aspects of control signaling for repeaterswith energy transfer as described herein. For example, thecommunications manager 1020 may include a configuration component 1025 arelaying component 1030, or any combination thereof. The communicationsmanager 1020 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager920 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager1020, or various components thereof, may be configured to performvarious operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting,transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 1010,the transmitter 1015, or both. For example, the communications manager1020 may receive information from the receiver 1010, send information tothe transmitter 1015, or be integrated in combination with the receiver1010, the transmitter 1015, or both to obtain information, outputinformation, or perform various other operations as described herein.

The communications manager 1020 may support wireless communications at anetwork entity in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. Theconfiguration component 1025 may be configured as or otherwise support ameans for transmitting control signaling including an indication of oneor more configurations for relaying signals associated with a set ofmultiple signal types between one or more transmitting nodes and one ormore receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signal types includes atleast a first signal type associated with an information communicationssignal and a second signal type associated with an energy signal. Therelaying component 1030 may be configured as or otherwise support ameans for communicating with a wireless node based on the one or moreconfigurations.

FIG. 11 shows a block diagram 1100 of a communications manager 1120 thatsupports control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer inaccordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Thecommunications manager 1120 may be an example of aspects of acommunications manager 920, a communications manager 1020, or both, asdescribed herein. The communications manager 1120, or various componentsthereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects ofcontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer as describedherein. For example, the communications manager 1120 may include aconfiguration component 1125, a relaying component 1130, a capabilitycomponent 1135, a transmission parameter component 1140, aprioritization component 1145, or any combination thereof. Each of thesecomponents may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another(e.g., via one or more buses) which may include communications within aprotocol layer of a protocol stack, communications associated with alogical channel of a protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of aprotocol stack, within a device, component, or virtualized componentassociated with a network entity 105, between devices, components, orvirtualized components associated with a network entity 105), or anycombination thereof.

The communications manager 1120 may support wireless communications at anetwork entity in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. Theconfiguration component 1125 may be configured as or otherwise support ameans for transmitting control signaling including an indication of oneor more configurations for relaying signals associated with a set ofmultiple signal types between one or more transmitting nodes and one ormore receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signal types includes atleast a first signal type associated with an information communicationssignal and a second signal type associated with an energy signal. Therelaying component 1130 may be configured as or otherwise support ameans for communicating with a wireless node based on the one or moreconfigurations.

In some examples, the capability component 1135 may be configured as orotherwise support a means for receiving a capability message indicatinga capability of the wireless node to support relaying of energy transfersignaling, where the one or more configurations are based on thecapability message.

In some examples, to support transmitting the control signaling, thetransmission parameter component 1140 may be configured as or otherwisesupport a means for transmitting an indication of one or moretransmission parameters for relaying the signals associated with the setof multiple signal types.

In some examples, to support transmitting the indication of the one ormore transmission parameters, the transmission parameter component 1140may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting anindication of one or more beam indices, where the one or more beamindices includes at least a first beam index associated with the firstsignal type and a second beam index associated with the second signaltype, and where the one or more transmission parameters includes the oneor more beam indices.

In some examples, to support transmitting the indication of the one ormore transmission parameters, the transmission parameter component 1140may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting anindication of one or more transmit powers, where the one or moretransmit powers includes at least a first transmit power associated withthe first signal type and a second transmit power associated with thesecond signal type and where the one or more transmission parametersincludes the one or more transmit powers.

In some examples, to support transmitting the indication of the one ormore transmission parameters, the transmission parameter component 1140may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting anindication of one or more sets of time and frequency resources, wherethe one or more sets of time and frequency resources includes at least afirst set of time and frequency resources associated with the firstsignal type and a second set of time and frequency resources associatedwith the second signal type, and where the one or more transmissionparameters include the one or more sets of time and frequency resources.

In some examples, the one or more configurations indicate a frequencydivision multiplexing configuration for transmitting the set of multiplesignal types. In some examples, a starting and length indicator valueassociated with the first set of time and frequency resources is basedon a starting and length indicator value associated with the second setof time and frequency resources.

In some examples, the one or more configurations indicate a timedivision multiplexing configuration for transmitting the set of multiplesignal types. In some examples, a duration between the first set of timeand frequency resources and the second set of time and frequencyresources satisfies a threshold duration and. In some examples, thethreshold duration is based on a beam switching capability of thewireless node.

In some examples, to support transmitting the indication of the one ormore transmission parameters, the prioritization component 1145 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting a set ofpriority values associated with the set of multiple signal types, wherethe set of priority values includes at least a first priority valueassociated with the first signal type and a second priority valueassociated with the second signal type and where the one or moretransmission parameters includes the set of priority values.

In some examples, to support transmitting the indication of the one ormore configurations, the prioritization component 1145 may be configuredas or otherwise support a means for transmitting an indication of one ormore transmit power priority rules associated with the set of priorityvalues, where the one or more configurations includes the one or moretransmit power priority rules.

In some examples, a first transmit power priority rule of the one ormore transmit power priority rules indicates for the wireless node toreduce a transmission power of one or more signals of a signal typeassociated with a lowest priority value out of the set of priorityvalues associated with the set of multiple signal types.

In some examples, a first transmit power priority rule of the one ormore transmit power priority rules indicates for the wireless node toreduce a transmission power of each signal of a set of signals. In someexamples, priority values associated each signal type of the set ofsignals are equal.

In some examples, to support receiving the indication of the one or moreconfigurations, the prioritization component 1145 may be configured asor otherwise support a means for transmitting an indication of atransmission priority rule associated with the set of priority values,where the transmission priority rule indicates for the wireless node todrop one or more signals of a signal type associated with a lowestpriority value out of the set of priority values associated with the setof multiple signal types, and where the one or more configurationsincludes the transmission priority rule.

In some examples, the first signal type further includes a firstinformation communications signal associated with wirelesscommunications between the network entity and a UE and a secondinformation communications signal associated with backscatter modulatedinformation signaling from a passively powered device.

FIG. 12 shows a diagram of a system 1200 including a device 1205 thatsupports control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer inaccordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Thedevice 1205 may be an example of or include the components of a device905, a device 1005, or a network entity 105 as described herein. Thedevice 1205 may communicate with one or more network entities 105, oneor more UEs 115, or any combination thereof, which may includecommunications over one or more wired interfaces, over one or morewireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. The device 1205 mayinclude components that support outputting and obtaining communications,such as a communications manager 1220, a transceiver 1210, an antenna1215, a memory 1225, code 1230, and a processor 1235. These componentsmay be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g.,operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically,electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 1240).

The transceiver 1210 may support bi-directional communications via wiredlinks, wireless links, or both as described herein. In some examples,the transceiver 1210 may include a wired transceiver and may communicatebi-directionally with another wired transceiver. Additionally, oralternatively, in some examples, the transceiver 1210 may include awireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with anotherwireless transceiver. In some examples, the device 1205 may include oneor more antennas 1215, which may be capable of transmitting or receivingwireless transmissions (e.g., concurrently). The transceiver 1210 mayalso include a modem to modulate signals, to provide the modulatedsignals for transmission (e.g., by one or more antennas 1215, by a wiredtransmitter), to receive modulated signals (e.g., from one or moreantennas 1215, from a wired receiver), and to demodulate signals. Thetransceiver 1210, or the transceiver 1210 and one or more antennas 1215or wired interfaces, where applicable, may be an example of atransmitter 915, a transmitter 1015, a receiver 910, a receiver 1010, orany combination thereof or component thereof, as described herein. Insome examples, the transceiver may be operable to support communicationsvia one or more communications links (e.g., a communication link 125, abackhaul communication link 120, a midhaul communication link 162, afronthaul communication link 168).

The memory 1225 may include RAM and ROM. The memory 1225 may storecomputer-readable, computer-executable code 1230 including instructionsthat, when executed by the processor 1235, cause the device 1205 toperform various functions described herein. The code 1230 may be storedin a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory oranother type of memory. In some cases, the code 1230 may not be directlyexecutable by the processor 1235 but may cause a computer (e.g., whencompiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In somecases, the memory 1225 may contain, among other things, a BIOS which maycontrol basic hardware or software operation such as the interactionwith peripheral components or devices.

The processor 1235 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA, amicrocontroller, a programmable logic device, discrete gate ortransistor logic, a discrete hardware component, or any combinationthereof). In some cases, the processor 1235 may be configured to operatea memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memorycontroller may be integrated into the processor 1235. The processor 1235may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in amemory (e.g., the memory 1225) to cause the device 1205 to performvarious functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting control signalingfor repeaters with energy transfer). For example, the device 1205 or acomponent of the device 1205 may include a processor 1235 and memory1225 coupled with the processor 1235, the processor 1235 and memory 1225configured to perform various functions described herein. The processor1235 may be an example of a cloud-computing platform (e.g., one or morephysical nodes and supporting software such as operating systems,virtual machines, or container instances) that may host the functions(e.g., by executing code 1230) to perform the functions of the device1205.

In some examples, a bus 1240 may support communications of (e.g.,within) a protocol layer of a protocol stack. In some examples, a bus1240 may support communications associated with a logical channel of aprotocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of a protocol stack),which may include communications performed within a component of thedevice 1205, or between different components of the device 1205 that maybe co-located or located in different locations (e.g., where the device1205 may refer to a system in which one or more of the communicationsmanager 1220, the transceiver 1210, the memory 1225, the code 1230, andthe processor 1235 may be located in one of the different components ordivided between different components).

In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may manage aspects ofcommunications with a core network 130 (e.g., via one or more wired orwireless backhaul links). For example, the communications manager 1220may manage the transfer of data communications for client devices, suchas one or more UEs 115. In some examples, the communications manager1220 may manage communications with other network entities 105, and mayinclude a controller or scheduler for controlling communications withUEs 115 in cooperation with other network entities 105. In someexamples, the communications manager 1220 may support an X2 interfacewithin an LTE/LTE-A wireless communications network technology toprovide communication between network entities 105.

The communications manager 1220 may support wireless communications at anetwork entity in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. Forexample, the communications manager 1220 may be configured as orotherwise support a means for transmitting control signaling includingan indication of one or more configurations for relaying signalsassociated with a set of multiple signal types between one or moretransmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set ofmultiple signal types includes at least a first signal type associatedwith an information communications signal and a second signal typeassociated with an energy signal. The communications manager 1220 may beconfigured as or otherwise support a means for communicating with awireless node based on the one or more configurations.

By including or configuring the communications manager 1220 inaccordance with examples as described herein, the device 1205 maysupport techniques for relaying energy transfer signals which may resultin improved communication reliability, reduced latency, improved userexperience related to reduced processing, reduced power consumption,more efficient utilization of communication resources, improvedcoordination between devices, longer battery life, and improvedutilization of processing capability, among other advantages.

In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may be configured toperform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring,outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with thetransceiver 1210, the one or more antennas 1215 (e.g., whereapplicable), or any combination thereof. Although the communicationsmanager 1220 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples,one or more functions described with reference to the communicationsmanager 1220 may be supported by or performed by the processor 1235, thememory 1225, the code 1230, the transceiver 1210, or any combinationthereof. For example, the code 1230 may include instructions executableby the processor 1235 to cause the device 1205 to perform variousaspects of control signaling for repeaters with energy transfer asdescribed herein, or the processor 1235 and the memory 1225 may beotherwise configured to perform or support such operations.

FIG. 13 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1300 that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of themethod 1300 may be implemented by a UE or its components as describedherein. For example, the operations of the method 1300 may be performedby a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 8 . In someexamples, a UE may execute a set of instructions to control thefunctional elements of the UE to perform the described functions.Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of thedescribed functions using special-purpose hardware.

At 1305, the method may include receiving control signaling including anindication of one or more configurations for relaying signals associatedwith a set of multiple signal types between one or more transmittingnodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signaltypes includes at least a first signal type associated with aninformation communications signal and a second signal type associatedwith an energy transfer signal. The operations of 1305 may be performedin accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples,aspects of the operations of 1305 may be performed by a configurationcomponent 725 as described with reference to FIG. 7 .

At 1310, the method may include receiving one or more signals of thefirst signal type, of the second signal type, or both. The operations of1310 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein.In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1310 may be performed bya relaying component 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7 .

At 1315, the method may include relaying at least a subset of the one ormore signals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, orboth, according to the one or more configurations. The operations of1315 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein.In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1315 may be performed bya relaying component 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7 .

FIG. 14 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1400 that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of themethod 1400 may be implemented by a UE or its components as describedherein. For example, the operations of the method 1400 may be performedby a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 8 . In someexamples, a UE may execute a set of instructions to control thefunctional elements of the UE to perform the described functions.Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of thedescribed functions using special-purpose hardware.

At 1405, the method may include transmitting a capability messageindicating a capability of the wireless node to support relaying ofenergy transfer signaling, where the one or more configurations arebased on the capability message. The operations of 1405 may be performedin accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples,aspects of the operations of 1405 may be performed by a capabilitycomponent 735 as described with reference to FIG. 7 .

At 1410, the method may include receiving control signaling including anindication of one or more configurations for relaying signals associatedwith a set of multiple signal types between one or more transmittingnodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set of multiple signaltypes includes at least a first signal type associated with aninformation communications signal and a second signal type associatedwith an energy transfer signal. The operations of 1410 may be performedin accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples,aspects of the operations of 1410 may be performed by a configurationcomponent 725 as described with reference to FIG. 7 .

At 1415, the method may include receiving one or more signals of thefirst signal type, of the second signal type, or both. The operations of1415 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein.In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1415 may be performed bya relaying component 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7 .

At 1420, the method may include relaying at least a subset of the one ormore signals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, orboth, according to the one or more configurations. The operations of1420 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein.In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1420 may be performed bya relaying component 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7 .

FIG. 15 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1500 that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of themethod 1500 may be implemented by a network entity or its components asdescribed herein. For example, the operations of the method 1500 may beperformed by a network entity as described with reference to FIGS. 1through 4 and 9 through 12 . In some examples, a network entity mayexecute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of thenetwork entity to perform the described functions. Additionally, oralternatively, the network entity may perform aspects of the describedfunctions using special-purpose hardware.

At 1505, the method may include transmitting control signaling includingan indication of one or more configurations for relaying signalsassociated with a set of multiple signal types between one or moretransmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set ofmultiple signal types includes at least a first signal type associatedwith an information communications signal and a second signal typeassociated with an energy signal. The operations of 1505 may beperformed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In someexamples, aspects of the operations of 1505 may be performed by aconfiguration component 1125 as described with reference to FIG. 11 .

At 1510, the method may include communicating with a wireless node basedon the one or more configurations. The operations of 1510 may beperformed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In someexamples, aspects of the operations of 1510 may be performed by arelaying component 1130 as described with reference to FIG. 11 .

FIG. 16 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1600 that supportscontrol signaling for repeaters with energy transfer in accordance withone or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of themethod 1600 may be implemented by a network entity or its components asdescribed herein. For example, the operations of the method 1600 may beperformed by a network entity as described with reference to FIGS. 1through 4 and 9 through 12 . In some examples, a network entity mayexecute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of thenetwork entity to perform the described functions. Additionally, oralternatively, the network entity may perform aspects of the describedfunctions using special-purpose hardware.

At 1605, the method may include receiving a capability messageindicating a capability of the wireless node to support relaying ofenergy transfer signaling, where the one or more configurations arebased on the capability message. The operations of 1605 may be performedin accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples,aspects of the operations of 1605 may be performed by a capabilitycomponent 1135 as described with reference to FIG. 11 .

At 1610, the method may include transmitting control signaling includingan indication of one or more configurations for relaying signalsassociated with a set of multiple signal types between one or moretransmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, where the set ofmultiple signal types includes at least a first signal type associatedwith an information communications signal and a second signal typeassociated with an energy signal. The operations of 1610 may beperformed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In someexamples, aspects of the operations of 1610 may be performed by aconfiguration component 1125 as described with reference to FIG. 11 .

At 1615, the method may include communicating with a wireless node basedon the one or more configurations. The operations of 1615 may beperformed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In someexamples, aspects of the operations of 1615 may be performed by arelaying component 1130 as described with reference to FIG. 11 .

The following provides an overview of aspects of the present disclosure:

-   -   Aspect 1: A method for wireless communications at a wireless        node, comprising: receiving control signaling comprising an        indication of one or more configurations for relaying signals        associated with a plurality of signal types between one or more        transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, wherein the        plurality of signal types comprises at least a first signal type        associated with an information communications signal and a        second signal type associated with an energy transfer signal;        receiving one or more signals of the first signal type, of the        second signal type, or both; and relaying at least a subset of        the one or more signals of the first signal type, of the second        signal type, or both, according to the one or more        configurations.    -   Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, further comprising:        transmitting a capability message indicating a capability of the        wireless node to support relaying of energy transfer signaling,        wherein the one or more configurations are based at least in        part on the capability message.    -   Aspect 3: The method of any of aspects 1 through 2, wherein        receiving the control signaling comprises: receiving an        indication of one or more transmission parameters for relaying        the at least the subset of the one or more signals of the first        signal type, of the second signal type, or both.    -   Aspect 4: The method of aspect 3, wherein receiving the        indication of the one or more transmission parameters comprises:        receiving an indication of one or more beam indices, wherein the        one or more beam indices comprise at least a first beam index        associated with the first signal type and a second beam index        associated with the second signal type, and wherein the one or        more transmission parameters comprises the one or more beam        indices.    -   Aspect 5: The method of any of aspects 3 through 4, wherein        receiving the indication of the one or more transmission        parameters comprises: receiving an indication of one or more        transmit powers, wherein the one or more transmit powers        comprises at least a first transmit power associated with the        first signal type and a second transmit power associated with        the second signal type, and wherein the one or more transmission        parameters comprise the one or more transmit powers.    -   Aspect 6: The method of any of aspects 3 through 5, wherein        receiving the indication of the one or more transmission        parameters comprises: receiving an indication of one or more        sets of time and frequency resources, wherein the one or more        sets of time and frequency resources comprises at least a first        set of time and frequency resources associated with the first        signal type and a second set of time and frequency resources        associated with the second signal type, and wherein the one or        more transmission parameters comprise the one or more sets of        time and frequency resources.    -   Aspect 7: The method of aspect 6, wherein the one or more        configurations indicate a frequency division multiplexing        configuration for transmitting the plurality of signal types,        and a starting and length indicator value associated with the        first set of time and frequency resources is based at least in        part on a starting and length indicator value associated with        the second set of time and frequency resources.    -   Aspect 8: The method of any of aspects 6 through 7, wherein the        one or more configurations indicate a time division multiplexing        configuration for transmitting the plurality of signal types,        and a duration between the first set of time and frequency        resources and the second set of time and frequency resources        satisfies a threshold duration, and the threshold duration is        based at least in part on a beam switching capability of the        wireless node.    -   Aspect 9: The method of any of aspects 3 through 8, wherein        receiving the indication of the one or more transmission        parameters comprises: receiving a set of priority values        associated with the plurality of signal types, wherein the set        of priority values comprises at least a first priority value        associated with the first signal type and a second priority        value associated with the second signal type, and wherein the        one or more transmission parameters comprises the set of        priority values.    -   Aspect 10: The method of aspect 9, wherein receiving the        indication of the one or more configurations comprises:        receiving an indication of one or more transmit power priority        rules associated with the set of priority values, wherein the        one or more configurations comprises the one or more transmit        power priority rules.    -   Aspect 11: The method of aspect 10, wherein a first transmit        power priority rule of the one or more transmit power priority        rules indicates for the wireless node to reduce a transmission        power of one or more signals of a signal type associated with a        lowest priority value out of the set of priority values        associated with the plurality of signal types.    -   Aspect 12: The method of aspect 10, wherein a first transmit        power priority rule of the one or more transmit power priority        rules indicates for the wireless node to reduce a transmission        power of each signal of a set of signals, priority values        associated each signal type of the set of signals are equal.    -   Aspect 13: The method of any of aspects 9 through 12, wherein        receiving the indication of the one or more configurations        comprises: receiving an indication of a transmission priority        rule associated with the set of priority values, wherein the        transmission priority rule indicates for the wireless node to        drop one or more signals of a signal type associated with a        lowest priority value out of the set of priority values        associated with the plurality of signal types, and wherein the        one or more configurations comprises the transmission priority        rule.    -   Aspect 14: The method of any of aspects 1 through 13, wherein        the first signal type further comprises a first information        communications signal associated with wireless communications        between a network entity and a UE and a second information        communications signal associated with backscatter modulated        information signaling from a passively powered device.    -   Aspect 15: A method for wireless communications at a network        entity, comprising: transmitting control signaling comprising an        indication of one or more configurations for relaying signals        associated with a plurality of signal types between one or more        transmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, wherein the        plurality of signal types comprises at least a first signal type        associated with an information communications signal and a        second signal type associated with an energy signal; and        communicating with a wireless node based at least in part on the        one or more configurations.    -   Aspect 16: The method of aspect 15, further comprising:        receiving a capability message indicating a capability of the        wireless node to support relaying of energy transfer signaling,        wherein the one or more configurations are based at least in        part on the capability message.    -   Aspect 17: The method of any of aspects 15 through 16, wherein        transmitting the control signaling comprises: transmitting an        indication of one or more transmission parameters for relaying        the signals associated with the plurality of signal types.    -   Aspect 18: The method of aspect 17, wherein transmitting the        indication of the one or more transmission parameters comprises:        transmitting an indication of one or more beam indices, wherein        the one or more beam indices comprises at least a first beam        index associated with the first signal type and a second beam        index associated with the second signal type, and wherein the        one or more transmission parameters comprises the one or more        beam indices.    -   Aspect 19: The method of any of aspects 17 through 18, wherein        transmitting the indication of the one or more transmission        parameters comprises: transmitting an indication of one or more        transmit powers, wherein the one or more transmit powers        comprises at least a first transmit power associated with the        first signal type and a second transmit power associated with        the second signal type and wherein the one or more transmission        parameters comprises the one or more transmit powers.    -   Aspect 20: The method of any of aspects 17 through 19, wherein        transmitting the indication of the one or more transmission        parameters comprises: transmitting an indication of one or more        sets of time and frequency resources, wherein the one or more        sets of time and frequency resources comprises at least a first        set of time and frequency resources associated with the first        signal type and a second set of time and frequency resources        associated with the second signal type, and wherein the one or        more transmission parameters comprise the one or more sets of        time and frequency resources.    -   Aspect 21: The method of aspect 20, wherein the one or more        configurations indicate a frequency division multiplexing        configuration for transmitting the plurality of signal types,        and a starting and length indicator value associated with the        first set of time and frequency resources is based at least in        part on a starting and length indicator value associated with        the second set of time and frequency resources.    -   Aspect 22: The method of any of aspects 20 through 21, wherein        the one or more configurations indicate a time division        multiplexing configuration for transmitting the plurality of        signal types, and a duration between the first set of time and        frequency resources and the second set of time and frequency        resources satisfies a threshold duration and the threshold        duration is based at least in part on a beam switching        capability of the wireless node.    -   Aspect 23: The method of any of aspects 17 through 22, wherein        transmitting the indication of the one or more transmission        parameters comprises: transmitting a set of priority values        associated with the plurality of signal types, wherein the set        of priority values comprises at least a first priority value        associated with the first signal type and a second priority        value associated with the second signal type and wherein the one        or more transmission parameters comprises the set of priority        values.    -   Aspect 24: The method of aspect 23, wherein transmitting the        indication of the one or more configurations comprises:        transmitting an indication of one or more transmit power        priority rules associated with the set of priority values,        wherein the one or more configurations comprises the one or more        transmit power priority rules.    -   Aspect 25: The method of aspect 24, wherein a first transmit        power priority rule of the one or more transmit power priority        rules indicates for the wireless node to reduce a transmission        power of one or more signals of a signal type associated with a        lowest priority value out of the set of priority values        associated with the plurality of signal types.    -   Aspect 26: The method of aspect 24, wherein a first transmit        power priority rule of the one or more transmit power priority        rules indicates for the wireless node to reduce a transmission        power of each signal of a set of signals, priority values        associated each signal type of the set of signals are equal.    -   Aspect 27: The method of any of aspects 23 through 26, wherein        receiving the indication of the one or more configurations        comprises: transmitting an indication of a transmission priority        rule associated with the set of priority values, wherein the        transmission priority rule indicates for the wireless node to        drop one or more signals of a signal type associated with a        lowest priority value out of the set of priority values        associated with the plurality of signal types, and wherein the        one or more configurations comprises the transmission priority        rule.    -   Aspect 28: The method of any of aspects 15 through 27, wherein        the first signal type further comprises a first information        communications signal associated with wireless communications        between the network entity and a UE and a second information        communications signal associated with backscatter modulated        information signaling from a passively powered device.    -   Aspect 29: An apparatus for wireless communications at a        wireless node, comprising a processor; memory coupled with the        processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable        by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform a method of        any of aspects 1 through 14.    -   Aspect 30: An apparatus for wireless communications at a        wireless node, comprising at least one means for performing a        method of any of aspects 1 through 14.    -   Aspect 31: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing        code for wireless communications at a wireless node, the code        comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform a        method of any of aspects 1 through 14.    -   Aspect 32: An apparatus for wireless communications at a network        entity, comprising a processor; memory coupled with the        processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable        by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform a method of        any of aspects 15 through 28.    -   Aspect 33: An apparatus for wireless communications at a network        entity, comprising at least one means for performing a method of        any of aspects 15 through 28.    -   Aspect 34: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing        code for wireless communications at a network entity, the code        comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform a        method of any of aspects 15 through 28.

It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possibleimplementations, and that the operations and the steps may be rearrangedor otherwise modified and that other implementations are possible.Further, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.

Although aspects of an LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR system may bedescribed for purposes of example, and LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NRterminology may be used in much of the description, the techniquesdescribed herein are applicable beyond LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NRnetworks. For example, the described techniques may be applicable tovarious other wireless communications systems such as Ultra MobileBroadband (UMB), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, aswell as other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentionedherein.

Information and signals described herein may be represented using any ofa variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data,instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chipsthat may be referenced throughout the description may be represented byvoltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles,optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.

The various illustrative blocks and components described in connectionwith the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed using ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA or otherprogrammable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discretehardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform thefunctions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be amicroprocessor but, in the alternative, the processor may be anyprocessor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processormay also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., acombination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, oneor more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any othersuch configuration).

The functions described herein may be implemented using hardware,software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof.If implemented using software executed by a processor, the functions maybe stored as or transmitted using one or more instructions or code of acomputer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are withinthe scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to thenature of software, functions described herein may be implemented usingsoftware executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, orcombinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may alsobe physically located at various positions, including being distributedsuch that portions of functions are implemented at different physicallocations.

Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storagemedia and communication media including any medium that facilitatestransfer of a computer program from one location to another. Anon-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that may beaccessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way ofexample, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media mayinclude RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flashmemory, compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magneticdisk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any othernon-transitory medium that may be used to carry or store desired programcode means in the form of instructions or data structures and that maybe accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or ageneral-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection isproperly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the softwareis transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using acoaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line(DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave,then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, orwireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave areincluded in the definition of computer-readable medium. Disk and disc,as used herein, include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatiledisc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc. Disks may reproduce datamagnetically, and discs may reproduce data optically using lasers.Combinations of the above are also included within the scope ofcomputer-readable media.

As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items(e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or“one or more of”) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, alist of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BCor ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Also, as used herein, the phrase “basedon” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions.For example, an example step that is described as “based on condition A”may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departingfrom the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as usedherein, the phrase “based on” shall be construed in the same manner asthe phrase “based at least in part on.”

The term “determine” or “determining” encompasses a variety of actionsand, therefore, “determining” can include calculating, computing,processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (such as via looking upin a table, a database or another data structure), ascertaining and thelike. Also, “determining” can include receiving (e.g., receivinginformation), accessing (e.g., accessing data stored in memory) and thelike. Also, “determining” can include resolving, obtaining, selecting,choosing, establishing, and other such similar actions.

In the appended figures, similar components or features may have thesame reference label. Further, various components of the same type maybe distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a secondlabel that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the firstreference label is used in the specification, the description isapplicable to any one of the similar components having the same firstreference label irrespective of the second reference label, or othersubsequent reference label.

The description set forth herein, in connection with the appendeddrawings, describes example configurations and does not represent allthe examples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of theclaims. The term “example” used herein means “serving as an example,instance, or illustration,” and not “preferred” or “advantageous overother examples.” The detailed description includes specific details forthe purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques.These techniques, however, may be practiced without these specificdetails. In some instances, known structures and devices are shown inblock diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of thedescribed examples.

The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinaryskill in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications tothe disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in theart, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to othervariations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, thedisclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described hereinbut is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principlesand novel features disclosed herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for wireless communications at awireless node, comprising: receiving control signaling comprising anindication of one or more configurations for relaying signals associatedwith a plurality of signal types between one or more transmitting nodesand one or more receiving nodes, wherein the plurality of signal typescomprises at least a first signal type associated with an informationcommunications signal and a second signal type associated with an energytransfer signal; receiving one or more signals of the first signal type,of the second signal type, or both; and relaying at least a subset ofthe one or more signals of the first signal type, of the second signaltype, or both, according to the one or more configurations.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting a capability messageindicating a capability of the wireless node to support relaying ofenergy transfer signaling, wherein the one or more configurations arebased at least in part on the capability message.
 3. The method of claim1, wherein receiving the control signaling comprises: receiving anindication of one or more transmission parameters for relaying the atleast the subset of the one or more signals of the first signal type, ofthe second signal type, or both.
 4. The method of claim 3, whereinreceiving the indication of the one or more transmission parameterscomprises: receiving an indication of one or more beam indices, whereinthe one or more beam indices comprise at least a first beam indexassociated with the first signal type and a second beam index associatedwith the second signal type, and wherein the one or more transmissionparameters comprises the one or more beam indices.
 5. The method ofclaim 3, wherein receiving the indication of the one or moretransmission parameters comprises: receiving an indication of one ormore transmit powers, wherein the one or more transmit powers comprisesat least a first transmit power associated with the first signal typeand a second transmit power associated with the second signal type, andwherein the one or more transmission parameters comprise the one or moretransmit powers.
 6. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving theindication of the one or more transmission parameters comprises:receiving an indication of one or more sets of time and frequencyresources, wherein the one or more sets of time and frequency resourcescomprises at least a first set of time and frequency resourcesassociated with the first signal type and a second set of time andfrequency resources associated with the second signal type, and whereinthe one or more transmission parameters comprise the one or more sets oftime and frequency resources.
 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the oneor more configurations indicate a frequency division multiplexingconfiguration for transmitting the plurality of signal types, andwherein a starting and length indicator value associated with the firstset of time and frequency resources is based at least in part on astarting and length indicator value associated with the second set oftime and frequency resources.
 8. The method of claim 6, wherein the oneor more configurations indicate a time division multiplexingconfiguration for transmitting the plurality of signal types, andwherein a duration between the first set of time and frequency resourcesand the second set of time and frequency resources satisfies a thresholdduration, and wherein the threshold duration is based at least in parton a beam switching capability of the wireless node.
 9. The method ofclaim 3, wherein receiving the indication of the one or moretransmission parameters comprises: receiving a set of priority valuesassociated with the plurality of signal types, wherein the set ofpriority values comprises at least a first priority value associatedwith the first signal type and a second priority value associated withthe second signal type, and wherein the one or more transmissionparameters comprises the set of priority values.
 10. The method of claim9, wherein receiving the indication of the one or more configurationscomprises: receiving an indication of one or more transmit powerpriority rules associated with the set of priority values, wherein theone or more configurations comprises the one or more transmit powerpriority rules.
 11. The method of claim 10, wherein a first transmitpower priority rule of the one or more transmit power priority rulesindicates for the wireless node to reduce a transmission power of one ormore signals of a signal type associated with a lowest priority valueout of the set of priority values associated with the plurality ofsignal types.
 12. The method of claim 10, wherein a first transmit powerpriority rule of the one or more transmit power priority rules indicatesfor the wireless node to reduce a transmission power of each signal of aset of signals, wherein priority values associated each signal type ofthe set of signals are equal.
 13. The method of claim 9, whereinreceiving the indication of the one or more configurations comprises:receiving an indication of a transmission priority rule associated withthe set of priority values, wherein the transmission priority ruleindicates for the wireless node to drop one or more signals of a signaltype associated with a lowest priority value out of the set of priorityvalues associated with the plurality of signal types, and wherein theone or more configurations comprises the transmission priority rule. 14.The method of claim 1, wherein the first signal type further comprises afirst information communications signal associated with wirelesscommunications between a network entity and a user equipment (UE) and asecond information communications signal associated with backscattermodulated information signaling from a passively powered device.
 15. Amethod for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:transmitting control signaling comprising an indication of one or moreconfigurations for relaying signals associated with a plurality ofsignal types between one or more transmitting nodes and one or morereceiving nodes, wherein the plurality of signal types comprises atleast a first signal type associated with an information communicationssignal and a second signal type associated with an energy signal; andcommunicating with a wireless node based at least in part on the one ormore configurations.
 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:receiving a capability message indicating a capability of the wirelessnode to support relaying of energy transfer signaling, wherein the oneor more configurations are based at least in part on the capabilitymessage.
 17. The method of claim 15, wherein transmitting the controlsignaling comprises: transmitting an indication of one or moretransmission parameters for relaying the signals associated with theplurality of signal types.
 18. The method of claim 17, whereintransmitting the indication of the one or more transmission parameterscomprises: transmitting an indication of one or more beam indices,wherein the one or more beam indices comprises at least a first beamindex associated with the first signal type and a second beam indexassociated with the second signal type, and wherein the one or moretransmission parameters comprises the one or more beam indices.
 19. Themethod of claim 17, wherein transmitting the indication of the one ormore transmission parameters comprises: transmitting an indication ofone or more transmit powers, wherein the one or more transmit powerscomprises at least a first transmit power associated with the firstsignal type and a second transmit power associated with the secondsignal type and wherein the one or more transmission parameterscomprises the one or more transmit powers.
 20. The method of claim 17,wherein transmitting the indication of the one or more transmissionparameters comprises: transmitting an indication of one or more sets oftime and frequency resources, wherein the one or more sets of time andfrequency resources comprises at least a first set of time and frequencyresources associated with the first signal type and a second set of timeand frequency resources associated with the second signal type, andwherein the one or more transmission parameters comprise the one or moresets of time and frequency resources.
 21. The method of claim 20,wherein the one or more configurations indicate a frequency divisionmultiplexing configuration for transmitting the plurality of signaltypes, and wherein a starting and length indicator value associated withthe first set of time and frequency resources is based at least in parton a starting and length indicator value associated with the second setof time and frequency resources.
 22. The method of claim 20, wherein theone or more configurations indicate a time division multiplexingconfiguration for transmitting the plurality of signal types, andwherein a duration between the first set of time and frequency resourcesand the second set of time and frequency resources satisfies a thresholdduration and wherein the threshold duration is based at least in part ona beam switching capability of the wireless node.
 23. The method ofclaim 17, wherein transmitting the indication of the one or moretransmission parameters comprises: transmitting a set of priority valuesassociated with the plurality of signal types, wherein the set ofpriority values comprises at least a first priority value associatedwith the first signal type and a second priority value associated withthe second signal type and wherein the one or more transmissionparameters comprises the set of priority values.
 24. The method of claim23, wherein transmitting the indication of the one or moreconfigurations comprises: transmitting an indication of one or moretransmit power priority rules associated with the set of priorityvalues, wherein the one or more configurations comprises the one or moretransmit power priority rules.
 25. The method of claim 24, wherein afirst transmit power priority rule of the one or more transmit powerpriority rules indicates for the wireless node to reduce a transmissionpower of one or more signals of a signal type associated with a lowestpriority value out of the set of priority values associated with theplurality of signal types.
 26. The method of claim 24, wherein a firsttransmit power priority rule of the one or more transmit power priorityrules indicates for the wireless node to reduce a transmission power ofeach signal of a set of signals, wherein priority values associated eachsignal type of the set of signals are equal.
 27. The method of claim 23,wherein receiving the indication of the one or more configurationscomprises: transmitting an indication of a transmission priority ruleassociated with the set of priority values, wherein the transmissionpriority rule indicates for the wireless node to drop one or moresignals of a signal type associated with a lowest priority value out ofthe set of priority values associated with the plurality of signaltypes, and wherein the one or more configurations comprises thetransmission priority rule.
 28. The method of claim 15, wherein thefirst signal type further comprises a first information communicationssignal associated with wireless communications between the networkentity and a user equipment (UE) and a second information communicationssignal associated with backscatter modulated information signaling froma passively powered device. comprising:
 29. An apparatus for wirelesscommunications at a wireless node, a processor; memory coupled with theprocessor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by theprocessor to cause the apparatus to: receive control signalingcomprising an indication of one or more configurations for relayingsignals associated with a plurality of signal types between one or moretransmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, wherein theplurality of signal types comprises at least a first signal typeassociated with an information communications signal and a second signaltype associated with an energy transfer signal; receive one or moresignals of the first signal type, of the second signal type, or both;and relay at least a subset of the one or more signals of the firstsignal type, of the second signal type, or both, according to the one ormore configurations.
 30. An apparatus for wireless communications at anetwork entity, comprising: a processor; memory coupled with theprocessor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by theprocessor to cause the apparatus to: transmit control signalingcomprising an indication of one or more configurations for relayingsignals associated with a plurality of signal types between one or moretransmitting nodes and one or more receiving nodes, wherein theplurality of signal types comprises at least a first signal typeassociated with an information communications signal and a second signaltype associated with an energy signal; and communicate with a wirelessnode based at least in part on the one or more configurations.